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adjective
- 1. like glass in appearance or physical properties: "a coarse-grained rock with much grey vitreous quartz"
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The meaning of VITREOUS is resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy. How to use vitreous in a sentence.
Vitreous means made of or similar to glass, such as vitreous china or enamel. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation and usage, and see examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Vitreous definition: of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.. See examples of VITREOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˈvɪt.ri.əs / uk / ˈvɪt.ri.əs / Add to word list. made of or similar to glass: vitreous china / enamel. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Glass. blower. blowpipe. bulletproof glass. cut glass. fiberglass. frosted. glassware. glazed. glazier. glazing. prismatic. punty. Pyrex. reglaze. unglazed. vitrification. vitrify.
Something that has the characteristics of glass — hard, brittle, glossy, possibly transparent — can be said to be vitreous, or glasslike. A vitreous surface works well for a kitchen counter.
Vitreous means made of glass or resembling glass. It can also refer to the vitreous humour or vitreous body, which are parts of the eye. See word frequency, origin, synonyms, and usage examples.
Vitreous means of or relating to glass, or resembling glass in nature. It can also refer to the vitreous humor, a transparent gel-like substance in the eye. See synonyms, antonyms, translations and usage examples of vitreous.
