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eyeglass
English
Etymology
eye +? glass
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?a???læs/
Noun
eyeglass (plural eyeglasses)
- An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
- A monocle.
- An eyepiece.
- (obsolete) The lens of the eye.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
- Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
Translations
Anagrams
- glass eye, glasseye
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glasses
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??læs?z/
- (UK) IPA(key): /??las?z/, /??l??s?z/
- Rhymes: -??s?z
Noun
glasses
- plural of glass
glasses pl (plural only)
- Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
- Field glasses; binoculars.
Usage notes
- A sight-improving lens for a single eye is a monocle.
- Though confusion is unlikely, clarity as to quantity is improved by using the expressions "a pair of glasses" (or "a pair of eyeglasses") or "(however many) pairs of eyeglasses".
Synonyms
- (spectacles): eyeglasses (US), specs, bioptikon
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
glasses
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glass
See also
- bifocals
- contact lens
- monocle
- pince-nez
- shades
- varifocals
Further reading
- glasses on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- gasless
Middle English
Noun
glasses
- plural of glas
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