Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Glasses for the eyes.
- noun A single lens in a pair of glasses; a monocle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lens made of crown-glass or rock crystal, used to assist the sight by correcting defects of vision.
- noun The eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, or similar instrument. See also
field-glass . - noun In surgery, a glass for the application of a collyrium to the eye.
- noun The lens of the eye.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision; -- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single eyeglass in a frame is called a
monocle . - noun Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
- noun Poetic The retina.
- noun A glass eyecup. See
Eyecup .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
lens , especially one of a pair - noun a
monocle - noun an
eyepiece
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
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Examples
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The subaltern with the eyeglass is a bad route-marcher, and Wankin once remarked in an audible whisper that the officer had learned his company drill with a drove of haltered pack-horses, and the officer bears the name of "Pack-horse" ever since.
The Amateur Army Patrick MacGill 1926
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Mary answered the bell, and her pleasure at seeing so soon again the sympathetic gentleman with the eyeglass was a tribute to his tact.
Simon 1907
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Medcroft's unspeakable checked suit; and the eyeglass was a much more obstinate, untractable thing than he had even suspected it could be.
The Husbands of Edith George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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Small scissors and tools, such as eyeglass screwdrivers, are now allowed aboard passenger planes in Canada, while restrictions on liquids, gels and aerosols remain the same.
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Small scissors and tools, such as eyeglass screwdrivers, are now allowed aboard passenger planes in Canada, while restrictions on liquids, gels and aerosols remain the same.
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Small scissors and tools, such as eyeglass screwdrivers, are now allowed aboard planes.
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Small scissors and tools, such as eyeglass screwdrivers, are now allowed aboard planes.
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Supporters argue the private plans are an improvement over traditional Medicare, because they provide extra benefits such as eyeglass coverage or gym memberships.
KVUE HealthVue 2009
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Supporters argue the private plans are an improvement over traditional Medicare, because they provide extra benefits such as eyeglass coverage or gym memberships.
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Supporters argue the private plans are an improvement over traditional Medicare because they provide extra benefits such as eyeglass coverage or gym memberships.
sonofgroucho commented on the word eyeglass
I only really added this word so I could link to this witty image.
Well, I thought it was funny!
November 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the word eyeglass
I love it! Thanks, SoG.
November 5, 2007