glaze
English
/ɡleɪz/
noun
Definitions
- (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
- A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
- A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- A glazing oven; glost oven.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English glasen inherited from Old English glæs inherited from Proto-Germanic *glasą (glass).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*glasą
Gloss
glass
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deglaze English
- glazen English
- glazer English
- glazing English
- glazy English
- on English
- onglaze English
- overglaze English
- reglaze English
- underglaze English
- unglaze English
- glaesum Latin
- *ǵʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *glasą Proto-Germanic
- *glēzô Proto-Germanic
- glær Old English
- glæs Old English
- glæsen Old English
- glace Middle English
- glas Middle English
- glasen Middle English
- glaser Middle English
- glasier Middle English
- glasyng Middle English
- gler Old Norse
- glas Old High German
- *glas gmw-pro
- glas Old Dutch
- glas Middle Low German
- glas Cimbrian
- gléezaran Cimbrian
- gless Scots
- gles Old Frisian