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eyeglasses
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun eyeglasses has 1 sense
- eyeglasses(n = noun.artifact) glasses, specs, spectacles - optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision; Array has particulars: bifocals, goggles, lorgnette, pince-nez, dark glasses, shades, sunglasses
has parts: bridge, nosepiece
is a part of frame
is a kind of optical instrument
CIDE DICTIONARY
eyeglasses, n. pl.
a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, used for correcting defective vision. Also called a pair of eyeglasses . See also eyeglass{1}. [WordNet 1.5]
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