horn-rimmed spectacles

  • 1horn-rimmed — adjective having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either horn rimmed glasses • Similar to: ↑rimmed * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having rims of horn * * * /hawrn rimd /, adj. having the frames or rims made of horn …

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  • 2horn-rimmed — adjective horn rimmed spectacles have frames made of plastic that is made to look like horn …

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  • 3horn-rimmed — UK [ˌhɔː(r)n ˈrɪmd] / US [ˌhɔrn ˈrɪmd] adjective horn rimmed spectacles have a thick dark plastic frame …

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  • 4horn-rimmed — [ˌho:n ˈrımd US ˌho:rn ] adj horn rimmed glasses/spectacles glasses with frames made of plastic that looks like horn …

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  • 5horn-rimmed — adj. Horn rimmed is used with these nouns: ↑glasses, ↑spectacles …

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  • 6horn-rimmed — /ˈhɔn rɪmd/ (say hawn rimd) adjective (of spectacles) with frames or rims made of horn, tortoiseshell, or a plastic in imitation of horn …

  • 7-rimmed — [[t] rɪmd[/t]] 1) COMB in ADJ rimmed combines with nouns to form adjectives that describe something as having a border or frame made of a particular substance. ...horn rimmed spectacles. 2) → See also , rimmed …

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  • 8spectacles — noun (formal, esp. BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ gold rimmed, horn rimmed, rimless, steel rimmed, wire framed, wire rimmed ▪ thick …

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  • 9horn-rims — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun plural : spectacles with horn rims a stocky girl with horn rims William DuBois * * * /hawrn rimz , rimz /, n.pl. horn rimmed eyeglasses. [1925 30] * * * hornˈ rims plural noun Spectacles with rims of dark horn, or material… …

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  • 10horn — n. & v. n. 1 a a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, on the head of cattle, rhinoceroses, giraffes, and other esp. hoofed mammals, found singly, in pairs, or one in front of another. b the structure of a horn, consisting of a core …

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