Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
eyeglass
IPA transcription: ['aɪɡl,æs]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
monocle, eyeglass
Meaning:
lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
Usage examples
Smith inspected Pugsy through his eyeglass.
The eyeglass was presented by way of adding a reproof to the hoax--a sting to the epigram of the deception.
There was a portly, rosy, well-fed parson, whom I observed ogling several mouldy polemical writers through an eyeglass.
'Mortimer, you wretch,' says Lady Tippins, turning the eyeglass about and about, 'where is your charge, the bridegroom?'