English

Noun

Pyrex ‎(uncountable)

1. A borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry

References

• 2005, Brewers Phrase and Fable, 17th ed. (for etymology)

Anagrams

• prexy

English

Noun

pyrex ‎(uncountable)

1. A kind of heat-resistant glass.
   • 1993, George Samuel Schuyler; Robert A. Hill, R. Kent Rasmussen, Black Empire, page 53:

     This steel tube slips into the pyrex glass focus tube, which is jacketed by a vacuum

   • 2007, Jane Gardam, The Queen of the Tambourine:

     There is half of a yesteryear's tin of baked beans in a pyrex bowl

   • 2010, Ross Macdonald, The Ferguson Affair:

     I tiptoed into the kitchen, turned on the fluorescent light over the stove, and peered into the oven. It was still warm, though the gas had been turned off. My dinner was there, in a pyrex dish with a cover.

Spanish

Noun

pyrex m ‎(plural pyrex)

1. pyrex