cat's eye
A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even…A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.
Meaning
6 senses(Commonwealth, countable, especially, usually plural)A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.
Katzenauge
катафо́тkatafót
(countable)A glass marble with elongated colourful inclusions running through its axis.
коша́чий глазkošáčij glaz
(countable, uncountable)A gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy.
(countable, uncountable)Cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl).
(New Zealand, countable)A sea snail, Lunella smaragda
(countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, eye.; the eye of a cat.
- any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape
Translations
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Origin
An allusion to the way a cat's eyes will appear to glow when illuminated in the dark. In mAn allusion to the way a cat's eyes will appear to glow when illuminated in the dark. In mineralogy, a calque of French œil de chat.
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Forms
plural: cats' eyes / cat's eyesSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable