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A brand of glassware produced by the Corning corporation, capable of resisting high temperatures, and suitable for cooking applications, currently made with tempered glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A brand of glassware produced by Corning using borosilicate glass.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Alternative form of pyrex.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.
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Usage: uncountable
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Broader terms: borosilicate glass, glass
noun
Any borosilicate glass.
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Usage: broadly, uncountable
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noun
Any glass capable of withstanding high temperatures, such as tempered glass suitable for cooking.
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Usage: broadly, uncountable
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noun
a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry
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Broader terms: glass
History
From pie + r + -ex. First manufactured by the Corning Glassware Factory in 1915. * 1957, Letter from the Corning Glassware Factory: *: "We had a number of prior trademarks ending in the letters ex. One of the first commercial products to be sold under the new mark was a pie plate, and in the interests of euphonism the letter "r" was inserted between pie and ex, and the whole thing condensed to pyrex." * The name also connotes the fire of pyro-.
Genericized trademark from Pyrex.
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