eyeglasses
/ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/
AꞮ · ɡlæsɪz (2 syllables)
English
Noun Top 36,147
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Definition
Spectacles, glasses.
Etymology
From eye + glasses.
Example Sentences
- "Digging deeper, the invention of eyeglasses is an elaboration of the more fundamental development of optics technology. The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]."
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