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单词 cullet
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cullet

[ kuhl-it ]
/ ˈkʌl ɪt /

noun

broken or waste glass suitable for remelting.

Origin of cullet

1810–20; variant of collet<Italian colletto glass blower's term, literally, little neck. See col, -et

Words nearby cullet

cull, Cullen, cullender, Cullen's sign, culler, cullet, cullion, cullis, Cullman, Culloden, Culloden Moor
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Example sentences from the Web for cullet

  • It is then mixed with the glass mixture and broken glass (“cullet”), and replaced in the crucibles.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1|Various
  • This broken glass is called "cullet," and is carefully swept into piles and kept in bins for use in the furnaces.

    How To Write Special Feature Articles|Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
  • Bohemian table or plate glass is made with 63 parts of quartz; 26 of purified potashes; 11 of sifted slaked lime, and some cullet.

    A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
  • They can be traced by cullet heaps and broken-down furnaces, and by their names, often mutilated, recorded in parish registers.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cullet

cullet
/ (ˈkʌlɪt) /

noun

waste glass for melting down to be reused

Word Origin for cullet

C17: perhaps variant of collet (literally: little neck, referring to the glass neck of newly blown bottles, etc)
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