ADJ
- clear, coloured, opaque, plain, smoked, tinted
- broken
- flying
- A bomb went off, and many people were injured by flying glass
- bulletproof, cut, frosted, plate, safety, stained, toughened
QUANT
- piece
- pane, sheet
- fragment, sliver, splinter
- The floor was littered with fragments of broken glass
VERB + GLASS
- blow, make
- watching the Venetian craftsmen blowing glass The factory makes safety glass
- break, crack, shatter, smash
GLASS + VERB
- break, crack, shatter, smash, splinter
- the sound of breaking glass
GLASS + NOUN
- beads, bottle, bowl, eye, jar, vase
- cabinet, case
- door, panel, partition, roof, wall
- fibre
- a boat made of glass fibre
PREP
- behind ~
- The books were all behind glass (= in glass cases)
- on ~
- She cut her foot on some glass
- under ~
- growing fruit under glass (= in a glasshouse)
- through ~
- He could see the light through the frosted glass
ADJ
- brimming, full
- half-empty, half-full
- empty
- beer, brandy, champagne, sherry, whisky, wine
- crystal
- a set of crystal glasses
- tall
- a tall glass of milk
- fresh
- He poured her a fresh glass of sherry
- pint
- beer in a pint glass
VERB + GLASS
- have
- He had a small glass of lager with his meal
- drink, sip
- She sat sipping a glass of champagne
- drain, empty
- fill, pour, refill, top up
- The waiter filled their glasses
- clean, polish, wash
- The butler was polishing the brandy glasses
- raise
- She raised the glass to her lips
- hand sb
- I handed her a glass of wine
- put down, set down
- I put my glass down on the table
- clink
- They clinked glasses, still laughing
GLASS + VERB
- clink
- He heard glasses clinking in the other room
PREP
- in a/the/sb's ~
- the red liquid in his glass
- ~ of
- She had had three glasses of whisky already
PHRASES
- (a) glass in (your) hand
- He sat back, glass in hand