stained glass
noun
: glass colored or stained (as by fusing metallic oxides into it) for decorative applications (as in windows)
Examples of stained glass in a Sentence
a cathedral with beautiful stained glass windows
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On entrance, look up — light plays beautifully through the stained glass windows, casting shadows that rest peacefully around the stone arches.
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Stacey Wreathall and Dafydd Gwyon, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
In the Library Suite, a staircase secreted behind the 19th-century needlepoint screen that serves as a headboard leads to a mezzanine library with a stained glass rose window, while a side room has a cozy corner by a fireplace ideal for curling up with some treasure from the bookshelves.
—Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2024
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Stacey Wreathall and Dafydd Gwyon, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
In the Library Suite, a staircase secreted behind the 19th-century needlepoint screen that serves as a headboard leads to a mezzanine library with a stained glass rose window, while a side room has a cozy corner by a fireplace ideal for curling up with some treasure from the bookshelves.
—Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Stained glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stained%20glass. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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