glasses (noun)

  • 71pair of specs — noun A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face. Syn: eyeglasses, glasses, pair of eyeglasses, spectacles, pair of glasses, pair of spectacles, specs …

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  • 72pair of eyeglasses — noun A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face. Syn: eyeglasses, glasses, pair of glasses, spectacles, pair of specs, pair of spectacles, specs …

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  • 73John Lennon spectacles — noun A pair of spectacles (glasses) with round lenses. A clamp jawed man in his early thirties, a Program attorney named Sean, sat up front as well, next to a trim, bearded fellow of the same age the good Dr. Henderson, complete with a yachtsmans …

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  • 74pococurantism — noun /ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈræntɪzəm/ Nonchalance, indifference. The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye glasses, opera glasses, thy Long Acre cabs with white breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood,… …

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  • 75earpiece — noun a) A speaker placed inside or held near to the ear. Holding the earpiece to my ear, I could hear him speaking clearly. b) The arm on a pair of glasses that hooks over the ear to hold them in place. My glasses wont stay on, as Ive broken the… …

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  • 76optician — noun Brit. a person qualified to prescribe and dispense glasses and contact lenses, and to detect eye diseases (ophthalmic optician), or to make and supply glasses and contact lenses (dispensing optician). ↘US a dispensing optician. Origin C17:… …

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  • 77lens — noun (C) 1 a piece of curved glass or plastic which makes things look bigger or smaller, for example in a pair of glasses or in a telescope 1: Jan wears glasses with thick lenses. 2 the part of a camera through which the light travels before it… …

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  • 78eyeglasses — noun optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision • Syn: ↑spectacles, ↑specs, ↑glasses • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 79shades — noun spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades • Syn: ↑sunglasses, ↑dark glasses • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 80small print — noun 1. the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type don t sign a contract without reading the fine print • Syn: ↑fine print • Hypernyms: ↑reservation, ↑qualification • Part Holonyms: ↑ …

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