field glasses
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- noun
- /fiːld ˈɡlæsɪz/
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prismáticos
- Andrew handed the field glasses to O'Donald, who started to laugh.
- a pair of field glasses
Examples
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Above us, atop the cliffs and adjacent to the roadway, are unmixed groups of Japanese tourists and Mexican guest workers; the former armed with cameras and field glasses, the latter with cans of beer.
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"Your field glasses, sir," Hawthorne cried, near breathless as he raced up to Andrew's side.
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"Still laughing, he handed the field glasses back.
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Inside you'll find my field glasses.
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"My glass has more power than your field glasses," Tobias offered.
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Fumbling for his field glasses, Andrew looked off to the distant horizon.
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Raising his field glasses, O'Donald scanned the line.
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Taking out my field glasses, I scanned the horizon to the east.
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Fumbling for his field glasses, Andrew looked off to the distant horizon.
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My father looked through his field glasses and watched two searchlights sweeping the tops of the waves to the south.
Synonyms
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A small tube with a lens that people use to see faraway things at sea
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A small pair of binoculars used in theatres to see the stage better
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A small pair of binoculars you use to look at distant things outdoors
A pair of small tubes with lenses you hold to see far things with both eyes
A small tool you hold to see far things, like birds or mountains
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a pair of binoculars for outdoor viewing' is directly derivable from combining 'field' (relating to outdoor use or field of view) with 'glasses' (optical devices). This noun–noun compound follows a straightforward compositional pattern that a learner who knows the constituent senses would readily interpret.
Etymology
Field glasses come from the idea of using small glasses in the open field to look at far objects. Soldiers and bird watchers used them outside to watch distant things, so the name now means 'binoculars' for seeing far away.