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pierglass

pierglass noun: a tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table.

Noun

pierglass (plural pierglasses)

  1. A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table
    • Her photograph stood before the pierglass.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 231
    • The candleflame and the image of the candleflame caught in the pierglass twisted and righted when he entered the hall and again when he shut the door."All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy (1992)

Forms of pierglass

pluralpierglasses
alternative formpier glass

Questions about pierglass

What does pierglass mean?
Pierglass means a tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table.
What part of speech is pierglass?
Pierglass is a noun.
What is the plural of pierglass?
The plural of pierglass is pierglasses.

Words near pierglass in the dictionary

  1. piercingness
  2. piercings
  3. Piercy
  4. Piercys
  5. piered
  6. pierglass
  7. pierglasses
  8. pierhead
  9. pierhead line
  10. pierhead lines
  11. pierheads

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