Pyrex
Pyrex definition
☆ Py·rex (pī′reks′)
a heat-resistant borosilicate glassware used for cooking, lab work, etc.
Etymology: arbitrary coinage < pie + -r- + -ex (with implication of Gr pyr, fire + L rex, king), arbitrary suffix of manufactured products
noun
such glassware
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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