Definitions for glassines

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glassines glass·ine

Spelling: [gla-seen]

IPA: /glæˈsin/

Glassines is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 371 anagrams from letters in glassines (aegilnsss).

Definitions for glassines

noun

1. a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
2. a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.

Origin of glassines

First recorded in 1915-20; glass + -ine¹

Examples for glassines

(In Philadelphia heroin comes in glassine envelopes ink-stamped with a brand name or logo).

It was of sulphite fiber inside, and glassine outside; a style afterward reversed, so as to have the glassine the inner tube.

(In Philadelphia heroin comes in glassine envelopes ink-stamped with a brand name or logo).

It was of sulphite fiber inside, and glassine outside; a style afterward reversed, so as to have the glassine the inner tube.