glasses
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
glasses
NounEdit
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 notesEdit
- 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.”
SynonymsEdit
- (spectacles): eyeglasses (US), specs, bioptikon
Derived termsEdit
- birth control glasses
- cooling 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
- opera glasses
- pair of glasses
- prescription glasses
- problem glasses
- reading glasses
- rose-colored glasses
- rose-coloured glasses
- rose-tinted glasses
- safety glasses
- shooting glasses
- sun glasses
- sunglasses
- wear rose-colored glasses
TranslationsEdit
plural of "glass" — see glass
spectacles — see spectacles
VerbEdit
glasses
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of glass
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
glasses on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
glasses