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plate glass

noun [U]
 
 

Definition

large sheets of glass used especially as windows and doors in shops and offices: a plate-glass windowGlass
(Definition of plate glass noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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