eyeglass
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈaɪˌɡlæs/
- Archaic
:
monóculo
- He held up his eyeglass while examining the small details of the painting more closely.
Examples
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Would you care to use my eyeglass?
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Oh, this is my eyeglass, child.
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ln the early '60s, my father was in the eyeglass business.
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I have been wearing eyeglasses since I was eight years old.
Academic text (2011) -
No one wears eyeglasses to bed.
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I felt like I had lost my eyeglasses and had no chance of replacing them.
Academic text (2004) -
Two weeks later, we got our one pair of eyeglasses with round steel frames.
Fiction book (1994) -
I seem to have misplaced my eyeglasses.
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Resources to provide needed assistive devices, such as eyeglasses, however, are readily available in many communities.
Academic text (2008) -
I could, for instance, get a pair of eyeglasses with miniature telescopes mounted in the lenses.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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8.1
A single round lens worn over one eye to help you see
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eyeglass comes from the simple parts eye and glass — literally a small 'glass' for the 'eye'. So an eyeglass is a single lens you hold or wear to help one eye, like the single form of glasses.