English word senses marked with topical category "Glasses"

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Total 42 word senses

• BCG (Noun) Initialism of birth control glasses.
• Groucho glasses (Noun) A novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy mustache, caricaturing Groucho Marx.
• Harry Potter glasses (Noun) A pair of spectacles (glasses) with round lenses.
• Harry Potter spectacles (Noun) Synonym of Harry Potter glasses.
• I lost my glasses (Phrase) Indicates that the speaker has lost his or her glasses.
• John Lennon glasses (Noun) A pair of eyeglasses (spectacles) with round lenses.
• John Lennon spectacles (Noun) A pair of spectacles (glasses) with round lenses.
• Kanye glasses (Noun) A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
• aviator glasses (Noun) Synonym of aviator sunglasses
• aviator shades (Noun) Synonym of aviator sunglasses
• aviator sunglasses (Noun) A style of sunglasses with dark, often reflective lenses and very thin metal frames.
• aviators (Noun) aviator sunglasses
• beaglepuss (Noun) A novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy mustache, caricaturing Groucho Marx.
• bespectacled (Adjective) Wearing spectacles (glasses).
• bifocals (Noun) Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
• birth control glasses (Noun) The brown-framed prescription eyeglasses issued to new recruits in the U.S. military, and perceived as notoriously unattractive.
• blinkers (Noun) Spectacles.
• cooling glasses (Noun) Sunglasses.
• eyeglasses (Noun) Spectacles, glasses.
• flyaway spectacles (Noun) A style of spectacles or sunglasses, popular in the 1950s, having approximately oval thick frames with wing-like protrusions at the top outer edges.
• glasses (Noun) Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
• hipster glasses (Noun) Plastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by members of the hipster and nerd subcultures.
• horn-rimmed (Adjective) Having the frames made from horn or tortoiseshell or a material that resembles it, and characterized by their bold appearance on the wearer's face, in contrast to metal frames, which appear less pronounced.
• lunettes (Noun) A particular kind of spectacles/glasses, consisting of two circles lenses connected by a half-circle bridge over the nose.
• meganekko (Noun) A female fictional character whose charm or attractiveness derives largely from wearing glasses.
• nerd glasses (Noun) Plastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by nerds and members of the hipster subculture.
• pair of eyeglasses (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.
• pair of glasses (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.
• pair of specs (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.
• pair of spectacles (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.
• prescription glasses (Noun) Glasses made for a specific user; corrective spectacles.
• problem glasses (Noun) Women's-style glasses (prescription or not) that are interpreted as signaling a prissy demeanor, especially ones that point upwards and outwards or have colorful frames.
• readers (Noun) Reading glasses
• reading glasses (Noun) Any type of spectacles intended chiefly to deal with the effects of presbyopia by magnifying details such as fine text.
• shades (Noun) Sunglasses.
• shutter shades (Noun) A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
• spectacles (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.
• spectacles (Noun) Synonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”)
• sunglasses (Noun) Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light. May also be worn as a fashion accessory. Plural of sunglass.
• tea shades (Noun) A pair of tinted eyeglasses (spectacles) with circular lenses.
• trifocals (Noun) Spectacles with corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye.
• varifocals (Noun) Spectacles having varifocal lenses.

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