plate glass

See also: plate-glass and plateglass

English

Alternative forms

• plateglass

Noun

plate glass (usually uncountable, plural plate glasses)

1. Sheet glass; a type of glass, initially produced in plane form, commonly used for windows, windshields, etc.
   • 1986 December 7, Margaret Hunt, “Discord in the Happy Valley: Report of a Conference on Feminism, Sexuality and Power”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 8:

     About ten years ago, I even helped heave a concrete block through the plate glass window of a store

Derived terms

• plate-glass university