eyeshade
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈaɪˌʃeɪd/
:
visera
- Kovacks reached for his eyeshade—it was waiting in mid-air where he'd left it.
- a green eyeshade
- wearing an eyeshade
But that's a that's a green eyeshade cost benefit calculation.
- But that's a that's a green eyeshade cost benefit calculation.
Examples
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But while technology has eliminated the need for stubby pencils and green eyeshades, it's still up to the small business owners to analyze and understand the meaning of their financials in order to make wise decisions.
Blog text (22) -
This surprising legacy descended on an asocial bachelor who, in the morning mirror, seemed undressed without his green celluloid eyeshade and sleeve garters.
Fiction book (2002) -
How about a display eyeshade just above your ordinary line of sight?
Blog text (16) -
Elect him, and he'll don the green eyeshade and make sure every one of your tax dollars is spent wisely.
Blog text (22) -
Get Rolle in here and let the bookkeepers and the guys with the green eyeshades crunch the numbers.
Blog text (19) -
Analysts with green eyeshades can highlight tradeoffs and efficiencies, but politics always determines whose vision of what is needed prevails.
Academic text (2007) -
In a baggy dark suit and suspenders, the sleeves of his white shirt rolled up halfway to the elbow, all he needed was a green eyeshade to look like Horace Greeley.
Fiction book (2001) -
Gomez, wearing a green accountant's eyeshade, weighs a final handful of coins on an old-fashioned measuring scale, then tosses them into Tully's briefcase.
Fiction book (1991) -
She put on her eyeshade to protect her eyes from the glaring sun at the beach.
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The athlete wore a stylish eyeshade during the match to shield his eyes from the bright stadium lights.
Synonyms
166
1.0
Glasses with dark lenses that protect your eyes from bright sunlight
65
1.0
A cover for a lamp or window that reduces light
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5.3
The stiff front part of a cap that shades the eyes
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1.0
Glasses with dark lenses that protect your eyes from bright sunlight
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2.5
A stiff front part of a cap or helmet that shades the eyes from the sun
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3.8
The front part of a hat that sticks out to shade the eyes
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2.3
A flap above a car window you pull down to stop sunlight from your eyes
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2.1
A cover that gives shade from the sun
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1.0
A hat with a wide brim that protects your face from the sun
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1.0
A hat with a wide brim that protects your face and neck from the sun
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3.4
A cover you wear over the eyes to protect them from injury or bright light
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7.2
A hat with a wide brim that shades a woman's or girl's face from the sun
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6.4
A cloth screen that blocks strong sunlight
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4.2
Dark glasses worn to protect your eyes from bright sunlight
A small shield on a hat or helmet that protects the eyes from the sun
A cover that blocks sunlight to make a place cooler
How Shady
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eyeshade is made from the simple parts eye and shade, where shade means 'something that blocks light'. Think of a small roof or brim that keeps the sun out of your eyes — that's why an eyeshade can be a visor or brim that protects your eyes.