Origin: Latin suffix -ous
Vitreous has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
The vitreous humor.
of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye
"the vitreous chamber"
relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass
"vitreous rocks"
"vitreous silica"
(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
"glazed pottery"
"glassy porcelain"
"hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"
Of or resembling glass; glassy.