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1.
A glaze is a thin layer of liquid which is put on a piece of pottery and becomes hard and
shiny when the pottery is heated in a very hot oven.
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2.
A glaze is a thin layer of beaten egg, milk, or other liquid that you spread onto food in
order to make the surface shine and look attractive.
[...]
3.
When you glaze food such as bread or pastry, you spread a layer of beaten egg, milk, or other liquid
onto it before you cook it in order to make its surface shine and look attractive.
[...]
Conjugations of 'glaze'
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present simple: I glaze, you glaze [...]
past simple: I glazed, you glazed [...]
past participle: glazed
Synonyms of 'glaze'
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Collocations with 'glaze' ceramic glaze
Examples of 'glaze' in a sentence
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There are ample cellars - one entirely clad in glazed tiles, like a dairy.Top with strawberry halves then brush the cucumber glaze over the top with a pastry
brush.This gets rid of some of the sugar they are glazed with.
Translations of 'glaze'
English-French
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● transitive verb: [door] vitrer; [pottery] vernisser; (Cookery) [food] glacer [...]
● noun: (on pottery) vernis; (Cookery) (on food) glaçage [...]
English-Spanish
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● noun: (on pottery) vidriado; (Cookery) (on cake) glaseado [...]
● transitive verb: [window] poner vidrios or cristales a; [pottery] vidriar; (Cookery) glasear [...]
● intransitive verb: to glaze over: ponerse vidrioso [...]
English-German
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● noun: (on pottery, tiles, Cook) Glasur f; (on paper, fabric) Appretur f; (on painting) Lasur f [...]
● transitive verb: door, window verglasen; pottery, tiles glasieren; fabric, paper appretieren; painting lasieren; (Cook) cake glasieren; meat mit Gelee überziehen; fruit kandieren [...]
● intransitive verb: (eyes: also glaze over) glasig werden [...]
English-Italian
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● noun: (on pottery) smalto; (cookery) glassa [...]
● transitive verb: (window, door) mettere i vetri a, fornire di vetri; (pottery) invetriare; (cookery) glassare [...]
English-Chinese
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● transitive verb: (pottery) 上釉于; (bread, pastry) 浇在⋯上 [...]
● noun: [count or uncount] (on pottery) 釉 [...]
English-Portuguese
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● transitive verb: (door) envidraçar; (pottery) vitrificar; (cookery) glaçar [...]
● noun: verniz; (cookery) glacê [...]
English-Hindi
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● countable noun: चमकीली परत [...]
English-Japanese
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● countable noun: 上薬, 釉 (ゆう) 薬 [...]
● transitive verb: つや出しを塗る [...]
English-Korean
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'glaze' in other languages
● countable noun: 유약칠 [...]
● transitive verb: 글레이즈를 바르다 [...]
When you glaze food such as bread or pastry, you spread a layer of beaten egg, milk, or other liquid
onto it before you cook it in order to make its surface shine and look attractive.
Thai: ทาเคลือบ
A glaze is a thin layer of liquid which is put on a piece of pottery and becomes hard and
shiny when the pottery is heated in a very hot oven.
Thai: น้ำยาเคลือบผิว (เครื่องปั้นดินเผา)
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