Home › Words › G › glairglair/ɡlɛə(ɹ)/glair means egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.glair is pronounced /ɡlɛə(ɹ)/.EtymologyFrom Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).nounEgg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.e.g.“If you beat an egg white until a froth forms on the surface, the clear liquid below the froth is glair.” — 2021, Hana Videen, The Wordhord, Profile Books, published 2022, page 65:Any viscous, slimy substance.e.g.“Some rain fell during the past few days but had little effect on the river which remains very low and full of glair.” — 1962, The Fishing Gazette, page 276:A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.verbTo smear with egg-white.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.glairy 72% match — Of or pertaining to glair; slimy, viscous and transparent. vs glair →glareous 67% match — glairy vs glair →glairin 62% match — baregine vs glair →glaireous 61% match — slimy vs glair →colloid 58% match — Glue-like; gelatinous. vs glair →jellycoat 57% match — The gelatinous coating on an egg. vs glair →glaur 57% match — Mud, slime, mire. vs glair →glassen 57% match — Made of or consisting of glass. vs glair →