Meaning

4 senses
  1. An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.

    ли́нзаlínza

  2. A monocle.

    Augenglas

    моно́кльmonóklʹ

  3. An eyepiece.

  4. (obsolete)The lens of the eye.

    lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles

Examples

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  1. I like your pair of eyeglasses.

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  2. Can you get me my eyeglasses?

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  3. These eyeglasses don't belong to that boy.

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  4. He trampled on my eyeglasses, ruining them.

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  5. I see through the eyeglasses of love nowadays.

    deIch sehe heut durchs Augenglas der Liebe.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a lens, especially one of a pair:
a monocle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a monocle:

Origin

From eye + glass.

From eye + glass.

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Forms

plural: eyeglasses
Singulareyeglass
Pluraleyeglasses

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles:monocle

Word family

1 related words
Derivedeyeglassed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eyeglass — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto