glasses
nounUK /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/ · US /ˈɡlæsɪz/
1
Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
2
Field glasses; binoculars.
- He had his Zeiss glasses in his hand. "I focused it before it got over the trees," said he.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- They went down as close to the shore as they dared and put their glasses on her.1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 196:
- Synonyms
- eyeglasses, specs, biopticon
- Derived terms
42 terms
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