vitreous (adj.)

  1. of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye; the vitreous chamber'

  2. relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass; vitreous rocks; vitreous silica'

  3. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; glazed pottery; glassy porcelain; hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures

    [ Syn: glassy , vitrified ]

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