glassblower

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #15,054 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: glassblowers

A glassblower is a craftsman who shapes molten glass with breath. Watch the glassblower, a glassblower's studio, trained as a glassblower.

The glass is worked at over a thousand degrees and must be kept turning constantly or it sags, which is why the work looks like a dance. The glassblower's trade began around the first century BC and made glass affordable for the first time.

Definitions of glassblower

1nounglassblowerA craftsman who shapes molten glass with breath.B2+
“We watched a glassblower turn a glowing blob on the end of a pipe into a vase.”

glassblower is a craftsman.

Where it comes from

Glass plus blower, from shaping the glass by blowing air into it.

From glass + blower.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Jobs & Professions

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glassblower in the wild

Mitsugi Ohno was a Japanese glassblower who worked at the University of Tokyo and Kansas State University.
Mitsugi Ohno
Thompson, glassblower, in 1885, and used as a specialty grocery store from that time until 1956.
Thompson House (Woodbury, New Jersey)
Michael Robinson was a Canadian artist, glassblower, and poet who investigated Indigenous, spiritual, and environmental themes.
Michael Robinson (Canadian artist)
Meyer was the official scientific glassblower of the University of California, Irvine.
Jorg Meyer
Helen Lee is an artist, glassblower, designer, and educator.
Helen Lee (artist)

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