Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waterglass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-glass
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sodium silicate.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"a cheaper process for fire-proofing canvas, consisting of the deposition in the fiber of a double sodium and lead silicate. Boiling solutions of basic lead acetate and of waterglass were used."
"Waterglass (Silicate of Soda) Cement. By combining waterglass with cement or quicklime a double silicate, hard as stone and resisting chemical agents, is formed in a short time."
"A fly ash material used in a study (by Xie and Xi) contained a high fraction of reactive oxides which reacted significantly with a waterglass (Na₂SiO₃) activator, leading to a high strength within a short time and under relatively lower temperatures"

Etymology

From water + glass.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

waterglasses (plural)

Questions

What does waterglass mean?: Sodium silicate.
Where does waterglass come from?: From water + glass.

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