spectacles
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.
Noun plural, plural only
- 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.
- He needed to get new spectacles because his original ones had broken.
- Synonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”).
Synonyms: pair
Forms
Synonyms
eyeglasses glasses pair of eyeglasses pair of glasses pair of specs pair of spectacles specs
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Derived
bespectacled flyaway spectacles Harry Potter spectacles John Lennon spectacles rose-colored spectacles rose-coloured spectacles rose-tinted spectacles specky X-ray spectacles
Noun form of, plural
- plural of spectacle