Ground glass is glass whose surface has been ground to produce a flat but rough (matte) finish.
Ground glass surfaces have many applications, ranging from mere ornamentation on windows and table glassware to scientific uses in optics and laboratory glassware.
Famous quotes containing the words ground and/or glass:
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 10:29.
“We are deranged, walking among the cops
Who sweep glass and are large and composed.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
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