sea glass
noun
variants
or less commonly sea-glass
plural sea glasses also sea-glasses
: small pieces of glass that have been physically and chemically weathered by exposure to the sea and that typically have a frosted and often pitted appearance
Walkers can spot sea glass, shells, weathered bottles or stray fishing floats washed in from offshore.—
Mandy Applegate
Mandy ApplegateWhere regular gems are made by nature and then refined by humans, sea glass is man-made but then refined by nature.—Callum Osment
Callum OsmentHer art includes pieces crafted with pencil, watercolour, acrylic, pen and ink, and sometimes collage materials like shells and sea-glass.—Miranda Norris
compare beach glass
Miranda NorrisExamples of sea glass in a Sentence
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And Glass Beach, a remote bluff and former small-town dump so named for its abundance of jewelry-quality sea glass, is the perfect spot for that.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026
Handcrafted by Colombian artisans, this design reminds us of sea glass washed ashore or the remnants of some ship captain’s message in a bottle.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Apr. 2026
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026
Handcrafted by Colombian artisans, this design reminds us of sea glass washed ashore or the remnants of some ship captain’s message in a bottle.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Sea glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20glass. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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