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

  1. 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.
  2. Synonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”).

    Synonyms: pair

Forms

spectacle

Synonyms

eyeglasses glasses pair of eyeglasses pair of glasses pair of specs pair of spectacles specs

Related

earpiece nose pad nosepiece temple

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

  1. plural of spectacle