glasses
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
glasses
Noun edit
glasses pl (plural only)
- Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
- Field glasses; binoculars.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- He had his Zeiss glasses in his hand. "I focused it before it got over the trees," said he.
Usage notes edit
- 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"). When they are being counted, the “pair of” is required: "(however many) pair(s) of eyeglasses.”
Synonyms edit
- (spectacles): eyeglasses (US), specs, bioptikon
Derived terms edit
- aviator glasses
- birth-control glasses
- birth control glasses
- cooling glasses
- eclipse glasses
- flyaway glasses
- granny glasses
- Groucho glasses
- Harry Potter glasses
- hipster glasses
- I lost my glasses
- John Lennon glasses
- Kanye glasses
- look through rose-colored glasses
- look through rose-tinted glasses
- Mr. Magoo glasses
- musical glasses
- nerd glasses
- nose glasses
- opera glasses
- pair of glasses
- prescription glasses
- problem glasses
- reading glasses
- rose-colored glasses
- rose-coloured glasses
- rose-tinted glasses
- safety glasses
- scissors-glasses
- shooting glasses
- smart glasses
- sunglasses
- sunglasses
- wear rose-colored glasses
Translations edit
plural of "glass" — see glass
spectacles — see spectacles
Verb edit
glasses
- third-person singular simple present indicative of glass
See also edit
Further reading edit
Category:glasses on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
glasses