melkglas
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of melk + glas. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛlk.xlɑs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: melk‧glas
Noun
melkglas n (plural melkglazen, diminutive melkglaasje n)
- (countable, uncountable) milk glass, white opal glass
- 1926, Verslag van de wasch- en schoonmaak-, bad- en zweminrichtingen te Amsterdam, page 4:
- Hierbij werden de constanten der te gebruiken mat- of melkglaasjes bepaald en werktabellen samengesteld.
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- (countable) milk glass, glass from which one drinks milk
- 2015, Kim Vogel Sawyer, Regen van genade, VBK Media.:
- Tanya stopte even met het schoonboenen van de kringen op het tafelblad die de melkglazen van de kinderen hadden veroorzaakt.
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Derived terms
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