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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Frosted glass v opaque glass
Hi,
(1) According to my longman, a window glass is called frosted if
it has a rough surface (which makes this glass non-transparent)
(2) It is very cold in my area at the moment.
Some window glasses are no longer transparant because the outside temperature has dropped down to nearly minus 20 degrees Censius) :-) Can I say these window glasses are frosted?
(3) What the difference between "frosted glass" (1) and "opaque glass"? An opaque glass does not necessarily have a rough surface?
Mus-te
(1) According to my longman, a window glass is called frosted if
it has a rough surface (which makes this glass non-transparent)
(2) It is very cold in my area at the moment.
Some window glasses are no longer transparant because the outside temperature has dropped down to nearly minus 20 degrees Censius) :-) Can I say these window glasses are frosted?
(3) What the difference between "frosted glass" (1) and "opaque glass"? An opaque glass does not necessarily have a rough surface?
Mus-te
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Hello Mus-te, I understand what you mean when you say "window glass", but there is a better term. Native speakers would say window "pane" (a sheet of glass in a window or door). The window pane was covered with frost .
- Hello Mus-te, I understand what you mean when you say "window glass", but there is a better term.
- Native speakers would say window "pane" (a sheet of glass in a window or door).
- The window pane was covered with frost .
- You could also say that the windows were covered in frost .
- I would not use "frosted" to describe the frozen particles of water that make it impossible to see out of an otherwise normal window.
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Hello Mus-te,
I understand what you mean when you say "window glass", but there is a better term.
Native speakers would say window "pane" (a sheet of glass in a window or door). The window pane was covered with frost. You could also say that the windows were covered in frost. I would not use "frosted" to describe the frozen particles of water that make it impossible to see ou
I understand what you mean when you say "window glass", but there is a better term.
Native speakers would say window "pane" (a sheet of glass in a window or door). The window pane was covered with frost. You could also say that the windows were covered in frost. I would not use "frosted" to describe the frozen particles of water that make it impossible to see ou
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Hello JohnParis,Thank you for your (very interesting and very clear!) comments on "frosted"&"opaque"! Just what the doctor ordered :-) Kind regards from MoscowMus-te
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