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waterglass

waterglass noun: sodium silicate.

Noun

waterglass (usually uncountable, plural waterglasses)

  1. (usually) Sodium silicate.
    • a cheaper process for fire-proofing canvas, consisting of the deposition in the fiber of a double sodium and lead silicate. Boiling solutions of basic lead acetate and of waterglass were used.1895, Thomas Norton, The Contributions of Chemistry to the Methods of Preventing and Extinguishing Conflagration, page 15
    • Waterglass (Silicate of Soda) Cement.
    • By combining waterglass with cement or quicklime a double silicate, hard as stone and resisting chemical agents, is formed in a short time.1916, H.C. Standage, Cement: Pastes, Glues, and Gums, page 23

Forms of waterglass

pluralwaterglasses

Origin of waterglass

From water + glass.

Questions about waterglass

What does waterglass mean?
Waterglass means sodium silicate.
What part of speech is waterglass?
Waterglass is a noun.
What is the plural of waterglass?
The plural of waterglass is waterglasses.

Words near waterglass in the dictionary

  1. watergated
  2. watergates
  3. watergating
  4. watergirl
  5. watergirls
  6. waterglass
  7. waterglasses
  8. waterglassful
  9. waterglassfuls
  10. watergrass
  11. watergrasses

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