Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

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?'