magnifier
2
3.8
- noun
- /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪər/
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- A handheld magnifier is prescribed to read mail, can labels, and grocery receipts.
- an illuminated magnifier
- a handheld magnifier
- a stand magnifier
But this magnifier comes with different degrees of magnifying lenses.
- But this magnifier comes with different degrees of magnifying lenses.
Examples
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The two men are hunched over a Formica table, peering through square magnifiers into stainless trays.
Fiction book (1991) -
Do you want your magnifier?
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On go the glasses; out of my pocket comes a magnifier.
Fiction book (1998) -
But this magnifier comes with different degrees of magnifying lenses.
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I have tried several similar light magnifiers and haven't been able to find just the right one.
Blog text (10) -
I used to use hand-held magnifiers; now I wear eyeglass frames with a magnifying lens mounted on the right side.
Academic text (1996) -
The old man used a magnifier to read the tiny print on the map.
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She held the magnifier up to the page to examine the details of the illustration.
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To better see the small objects on the table, he picked up a magnifier from his drawer.
Synonyms
102
3.6
A tool that makes very small things look much larger to see details
16
2.9
A small glass you hold to make things look larger
A lens that uses light to make tiny things look bigger
Antonyms
How Strong
- Specialized
6
4.3
102
3.6
2
3.8
- Specialized
2
9.1
16
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Magnifier comes from the Latin root magnus, which means 'great', and from the verb magnify meaning 'to make larger'. So a magnifier is literally a tool that makes objects look 'greater' or bigger.