glazing

Plural: glazings

Verb

• coat with a glaze
• become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
• furnish with glass
• coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
• present participle and gerund of glaze

Noun

• A smooth, glossy coating; the act of installing glass.
• The act or process of glazing or an instance thereof.
• The material used in such act or process; glaze.
• The part of a window or wall made of glass or another transparent material.
• All the windows of a building.
• The art of covering with a vitreous substance.
• Semi-transparent colours painted thinly over others to modify the effect.

Examples

• A clever glazing of tiles created a defensive wall against opponent’s bingo attempts.
• Before new glazier's putty can be applied, the various bits of old glazing must be scraped off.

Synonyms

candy, glass, glass over, glaze, glaze over, sugarcoat