EGAVE

spectacles

About 2.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun plural of spectacle
  2. noun A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.
    He needed to get new spectacles because his original ones had broken.
  3. noun Synonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”).

Similar words

eyeglasses specs glasses goggles eyewear sunglasses shades bifocals entertainment show

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