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• field glasses — noun an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑binoculars, ↑opera glasses • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑opt …   Useful english dictionary

• opera glass — ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a small binocular optical instrument similar to the field glass and adapted for use at the opera or theater often used in plural * * * opera glass or opera glasses noun Small binoculars used by audiences in the theatre …   Useful english dictionary

• opera glasses — noun an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes • Syn: ↑binoculars, ↑field glasses • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑optical instrument …   Useful english dictionary

• glasses — I (Roget s IV) pl.n. Syn. spectacles, eyeglasses, bifocals, trifocals, goggles, field glasses, opera glasses, contact lenses, contacts, sunglasses, steel rimmed glasses, rimless glasses, silver rimmed glasses, horn rimmed glasses, tortoise shell… …   English dictionary for students

• Opera glasses — Mother of pearl opera glasses and leather case Opera glasses, also known as theater binoculars or Galilean binoculars, are compact, low power optical magnification devices, usually used at performance events, whose name is derived from… …   Wikipedia

• glasses — n. spectacles 1) dark, sun; reading glasses binoculars 2) field; opera glasses misc. 3) to see life through rose colored glasses ( to see only the good in life ) * * * opera glasses reading glasses sun [ binoculars ] field [ spectacles ] dark [… …   Combinatory dictionary

• glasses — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, tinted ▪ I wear blue tinted glasses on sunny days. ▪ reading ▪ half moon, round ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Binoculars — Binocular telescopes, or binoculars (also known as field glasses), are two identical or mirror symmetrical telescopes mounted side by side and aligned to point accurately in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular… …   Wikipedia

• optical instrument — noun an instrument designed to aid vision • Hypernyms: ↑instrument • Hyponyms: ↑binoculars, ↑field glasses, ↑opera glasses, ↑esophagoscope, ↑oesophagoscope, ↑jeweler s glass …   Useful english dictionary

• glass — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a hard, brittle, usu. transparent, translucent, or shiny substance, made by fusing sand with soda and lime and sometimes other ingredients (a glass jug) (cf. crown glass, flint glass, plate glass). b a… …   Useful english dictionary

• Unidentified flying object — UFO redirects here. For other uses, see UFO (disambiguation). Photograph of alleged UFO, New Jersey, July 31, 1952 A term originally coined by …   Wikipedia