Look up: glaze

1. Glaze
   A liquid that gives an item a shiny surface. To cover a food with a shiny liquid. Melted apricot jam is a popular glaze.
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2. Glaze
   A coating of glass that gives pottery a smooth a brilliant surface. After the glaze is applied (usually applied by dipping, pouring or spraying) the pot is fired again in order to fuse the glaze and vitrify the clay body of the piece.
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3. Glaze
   A mixture brushed on food which adds flavor and gives a glossy appearance.
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4. glaze
   [n] - any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods 2. [n] - a glossy finish on a fabric 3. [n] - coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc. 4. [v] - apply a glaze to (ceramics) 5. [v] - coat with a glaze, as of pottery, for example 6. [v] - become glassy
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5. Glaze
   Foods used to give a glossy finish to sweet and savoury dishes to improve their appearance and sometimes flavour. Ingredients for glazes include beaten egg, egg white, milk and syrup.
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6. Glaze
   A thin 'glassy' layer formed on the surface of fired ceramic. Glazes are a finely ground mixture of mineral and man-made powders tuned to melt and flow at a specific temperature. Many clays will melt well at high temperatures and thus qualify as 'slip' glaze.
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7. glaze
   In ceramics, a thin coating for pottery and porcelain, which gives the object a protective finish and helps to keep it from leaking and chipping. Glaze is applied by dipping a formed ceramic item...
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8. Glaze
   A surface coating that seals any open porosity of the bare ceramic surface from contamination or moisture pickup
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9. glaze
   very thin coating of a paint product,usually a semi-transparen tinted coatin,applied on a previously painted surface to produce a decorative effect Category: The chemical industry • a hydrometeor consisting in a smooth coating of clear ice formed on a cooled surface by freezing of a film...
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10. glaze
    In ceramics, a vitreous (glass-like) coating which gives a decorative and impervious finish. Glazes can be matt or glossy, soft or hard, smoother textured, of varying opacity and colour. They are composed of a glass-forming ingredient (usually silica), a flux (to reduce the melting point of the silica), and alumina to help fix the glaze to the clay …
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11. Glaze
    The juices of meat cooked down to a concentration and used as a foundation for soups and gravies.
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12. Glaze
    Glaze (glāz) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Glazed (glāzd); present participle & verbal noun Glazing .] [ Middle English glasen , glazen , from <...
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13. Glaze
    Glaze intransitive verb To become glazed of glassy.
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14. Glaze
    Glaze noun 1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze , transitive verb , 3. Ure. 2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a g...
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15. glaze
    noun coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.
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16. glaze
    noun any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
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17. glaze
    glass verb become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; `Her eyes glaze over when she is bored`
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18. glaze
    verb coat with a glaze; `the potter glazed the dishes`
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19. glaze
    ice coating that forms when supercooled rain, drizzle, or fog drops strike surfaces that have temperatures at or below the freezing point; the ...
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20. Glaze
    [painting technique] Glazes can change the chroma, value, hue and texture of a surface. Drying time will depend on the amount and type of paint medium used in the glaze. The medium, base, or vehicle is the mixture to which the dry pigment is added. Different media can increase or decrease th...
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21. Glaze
    [cooking technique] A glaze in cooking is a coating of a glossy, often sweet, sometimes savoury, substance applied to food typically by dipping, dripping, or with a brush. Egg whites and basic icings are both used as glazes. For example, doughnut glaze is made from a simple mixture of powder...
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22. Glaze
    Glazes are used to give desserts a smooth and/or shiny finish or to seal in the moisture. Cake glazes can be water icing (confectioners
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23. Glaze
    Coating of ice that forms when rain falls on a surface with a temperature below freezing.
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24. Glaze
    A coloring technique used in the finishing process of furniture to highlight the grain characteristics of wood or to give a high sheen to leather.
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25. glaze
    thin coats of transparent or semi-transparent paint which can be layered or used to provide a top surface for a paint effect
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