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glazes

/ˈɡleɪzɪz/

glazes is the plural of glaze.

glazes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glaze.

Meaning of glaze

Noun

glaze (countable and uncountable, plural glazes)

  1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
  2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
  3. A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
  4. Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
    • […] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems
  5. A smooth edible coating applied to food.
  6. Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

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Proper noun capitalized: Glazes

Glazes

  1. (plural) plural of Glaze

Phrases with glazes

Words that rhyme with glazes

Questions about glazes

What is glazes the plural of?
Glazes is the plural of glaze.
What part of speech is glazes?
Glazes is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce glazes?
Glazes is pronounced /ˈɡleɪzɪz/.

Words near glazes in the dictionary

  1. glazen
  2. glazer
  3. glazers
  4. Glazert Water
  5. glazery
  6. glazes
  7. glazes over
  8. glazes up
  9. glazework
  10. glazier
  11. glazier's fallacy

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