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eyeglass
/ˈaɪˌɡlæs/
noun 4
Collocations
2VERB + EYEGLASS
arm, broke, grab
EYEGLASS + NOUN
case, kit
Definitions
noun
1
An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
2
A monocle.
3
An eyepiece.
4
The lens of the eye.
Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)
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Synonyms
noun — lens for correcting defective vision in one eye
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)
Wiktionary02
an eyeglass repair kit
Wiktionary03
Tom broke his eyeglass frames when he dropped his glasses.
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Tom remembered to grab his eyeglass case, but he forgot to check that his eyeglasses were inside.
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Each arm of the eyeglass frame has an array of four tiny directional microphones.
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