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binocle

binocle noun: a kind of double-barrelled field glass or opera glass.

Noun

binocle (plural binocles)

  1. (archaic) A kind of double-barrelled field glass or opera glass.
    • Anna did not look at her husband; but, taking her glass, she gazed at the place where Vronsky had fallen. It was so distant, and the crowd was so dense, that she could not make anything out of it. She dropped her binocle, and started to go; but at that instant an officer came galloping up to make...1899, Lyof Tolstoi, “Part Two/Chapter 29”, in Nathan Haskell Dole, transl., Anna Karenina

binocle meaning in Urdu

binocle in Urdu

دوربین

Forms of binocle

pluralbinocles

Origin of binocle

From French binocle, from Latin bi- (“two”) + oculus (“eye”).

Questions about binocle

What does binocle mean?
Binocle means a kind of double-barrelled field glass or opera glass.
What is binocle in Urdu?
Binocle in Urdu is دوربین. See Binocle meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is binocle?
Binocle is a noun.
What is the plural of binocle?
The plural of binocle is binocles.

Words near binocle in the dictionary

  1. binny
  2. bino
  3. binocellate
  4. binocellate cobra
  5. binocellate cobras
  6. binocle
  7. binocles
  8. binocles-ciseaux
  9. binocs
  10. binocular
  11. binocular O

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