glasses
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/, /ˈɡlasɪz/
Audio (UK): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡlæsɪz/
- Rhymes: -ɑːsɪz
Noun
[edit]glasses
- plural of glass
- 1810, Thomas Williamson, East India Vade-Mecum..., page 323:
- Ladies are usually conveyed about Calcutta, or any where for short distances, in a kind of palanquin, called a boҫhah... Its deep shape, and its seat, much resemble the [English sedan chair]; but having two doors, one on each side, with one window in front, as well as a small one behind, all furnished with Venetians and glasses, give it, in those respects, some claim to alliance with the [chariot].
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 its 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, biopticon
Derived terms
[edit]- aviator glasses
- birth control glasses
- birth-control glasses
- cooling glasses
- eclipse glasses
- flyaway glasses
- glacier glasses
- glassesed
- glassesless
- glasshole
- granny glasses
- Groucho glasses
- Harry Potter glasses
- hipster glasses
- I lost my glasses
- jam-jar glasses
- John Lennon glasses
- Kanye glasses
- look through rose-colored glasses
- look through rose-tinted glasses
- modesty glasses
- Mr. Magoo glasses
- musical glasses
- nerd glasses
- nose glasses
- opera glasses
- Oxford glasses
- pair of glasses
- pinch-nose glasses
- prescription glasses
- problem glasses
- reading glasses
- rose-colored glasses
- rose-coloured glasses
- rose-tinted glasses
- safety glasses
- scissors-glasses
- serial killer glasses
- shooting glasses
- smart glasses
- sunglasses
- wear rose-colored glasses
Related terms
[edit]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
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Category:glasses on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]glasses
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