glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
bottle glass in American English
noun
glass of a deep green or amber color
Derived forms
bottle-glass
adjective
Word origin
[1620–30]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clinic, contact, geometric, hotbed, veto
Examples of 'bottle glass' in a sentence
bottle glass
Outside, the gable end of the house is decorated with a peacock made out of bottle glass.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The peat-charged waterfall came bouncing down its rock staircase in a series of foaming cataracts as brown as bottle glass.