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Water glass

Water glass Meaning & Definition
Water glass Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Water glass?

[n] clock that measures time by the escape of water
[n] gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
[n] a glass for drinking water
[n] a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Water glass: clepsydra | sodium silicate | soluble glass | water clock | water gage | water gauge

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See Also | clock | drinking glass | gage | gauge | glass | glass | water level

Water glass In Webster's Dictionary

\Water glass\ 1. A clepsydra. 2. An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places. 3. A water gauge for a steam boiler.
\Wa"ter glass`\ (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, under {Glass}.

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