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Meaning of crackle glass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A type of glass with fine cracks, developed in Venice in the 16th century by immersing the hot glass in cold water.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“When this change has been fully developed we get a true crackle-glass, not to be confounded with the frosted glass of Venice mentioned in Chapter XIII.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

crackleberry Crackled crackler Crackles cracklessness cracklet