SPECTACLES meaning: Glasses designed for vision correction

We found 28 dictionaries that define the word spectacles:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

spectacles: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
spectacles: Merriam-Webster
spectacles: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
spectacles: Collins English Dictionary
spectacles: Vocabulary.com
Spectacles, spectacle's, spectacles: Wordnik
spectacles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
spectacles: Wiktionary
spectacles: Dictionary.com
spectacles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Spectacles (product), Spectacles, The Spectacles (short story): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
spectacles: Rhymezone
spectacles: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
spectacles: FreeDictionary.org
spectacles: Mnemonic Dictionary
spectacles: TheFreeDictionary.com
spectacles: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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spectacles: Legal dictionary

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spectacles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)

spectacles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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spectacles: Medical dictionary

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spectacles: Idioms

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Spectacles: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun: (formal) 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.
▸ noun: (cricket, slang) Synonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”)

Opposite:

contact lenses, eyeglasses, corrective lenses

Types:

eyeglasses, sunglasses, contact lenses, more...

Phrases:

periscopic spectacles, pair of spectacles, rose tinted spectacles, rose-tinted spectacles, Letter to M. D'Alembert on Spectacles, more...

Adjectives:

rimmed, such, public, green, blue, thick, large, round, coloured, tinted, big

Colors:

black, brown, tortoiseshell, gold, silver, more...

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