glaze
- Noun. (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
- Noun. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
- Noun. (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- Noun. Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- Noun. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
- Verb. (transitive) To install windows.
- Verb. (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
- Verb. (transitive) In painting, to apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
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