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parisons

parisons is the plural of parison.

Meaning of parison

Noun

parison (plural parisons)

  1. A spherical mass of glass, rolled immediately after being taken out of the furnace.
    • The wineglasses were from a matched dozen, each having begun as a glowing parison at the end of some blowpipe over in Murano but days before.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 278

Questions about parisons

What is parisons the plural of?
Parisons is the plural of parison.

Words near parisons in the dictionary

  1. parisite
  2. parisology
  3. parisoma
  4. parisomas
  5. parison
  6. parisons
  7. parisosis
  8. Parissi
  9. Paristan
  10. paristhmia
  11. paristhmic

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