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sea glass

sea glass noun: rounded glass pebbles originating from glassware products that were lost at sea and broken up, which are found on beaches and have been rounded and aged through the action of surf.

Noun

sea glass (uncountable)

  1. Rounded glass pebbles originating from glassware products that were lost at sea and broken up, which are found on beaches and have been rounded and aged through the action of surf.
    Synonyms:
    mermaids' tears

Synonyms of sea glass

Forms of sea glass

alternative formseaglass

Origin of sea glass

From sea + glass.

Questions about sea glass

What does sea glass mean?
Sea glass means rounded glass pebbles originating from glassware products that were lost at sea and broken up, which are found on beaches and have been rounded and aged through the action of surf.
What part of speech is sea glass?
Sea glass is a noun.

Words near sea glass in the dictionary

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  2. sea gillyflower
  3. sea gillyflowers
  4. sea ginger
  5. sea girdles
  6. sea glass
  7. sea goat
  8. sea goats
  9. sea god
  10. sea goddess
  11. sea goddesses

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