glasses

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Half rim glasses

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡlasɪz/, /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡlæsɪz/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːsɪz

Noun

glasses

  1. plural of glass

Noun

glasses pl (plural only)

  1. Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
  2. Field glasses; binoculars.

Usage notes

  • A sight-improving lens for a single eye is a monocle.
  • Though confusion is unlikely, clarity as to quantity is improved by using the expressions "a pair of glasses" (or "a pair of eyeglasses"). When they are being counted, the “pair of” is required: "(however many) pair(s) of eyeglasses.”

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Verb

glasses

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glass

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Noun

glasses

  1. plural of glas