GLASSES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glasses mean? 

• GLASSES (noun)
  The noun GLASSES has 1 sense:

1. (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

  Familiarity information: GLASSES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLASSES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

eyeglasses; glasses; specs; spectacles

Hypernyms ("glasses" is a kind of...):

optical instrument (an instrument designed to aid vision)

Meronyms (parts of "glasses"):

bridge; nosepiece (the link between two lenses; rests on the nose)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glasses"):

bifocals ((plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision)

goggles ((plural) tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes)

lorgnette (eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle)

pince-nez (spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring)

dark glasses; shades; sunglasses ((plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun)

Holonyms ("glasses" is a part of...):

frame (the framework for a pair of eyeglasses)

 Context examples 

All of them had green glasses in them.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I was looking through the glasses, and I saw the oar-blade shatter as he shot.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It soon passed, however, and once more his glasses were fixed on the plain.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It is a vegetarian diet that includes eating organic fruits and vegetables and 13 glasses of fresh juice each day.

(Gerson therapy, NCI Dictionary)

New glasses, brighter lighting, anti-glare sunglasses or magnifying lenses can help at first.

(Cataract, NIH: National Eye Institute)

Researchers recommend limiting screen time, applying screen filters, wearing computer glasses that block blue light, or use anti-reflective lenses to offset the effects of artificial light at nighttime.

(Artificial Light of Digital Devices Lessens Sleep Quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

When they came in, they wanted to eat and drink, and looked for their little plates and glasses.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The bottle was full of it, and it is inconceivable that the first two glasses were clear and the third heavily charged with it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was a little gentleman, with glasses, thin in the face, but very pleasant in his ways, for he was laughing all the time that he was talking.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And then he saw Her, under the lights, between her brother and the strange young man with glasses, and his heart seemed to stand still.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)