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cat's-eye

cat's-eye is the alternative form of cat's eye.

Meaning of cat's eye

Noun

cat's eye (countable and uncountable, plural cats' eyes or cat's eyes)

  1. (Commonwealth, countable, especially, plural-normally) A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.
  2. (countable) A glass marble with elongated colourful inclusions running through its axis.
    Synonyms:
    cat-eye
  3. A gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy.
  4. Cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl).
  5. (New Zealand, countable) A sea snail, Lunella smaragda
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, eye.; the eye of a cat.

Forms of cat's-eye

pluralcats'-eyes
alternative formcat's eye

Questions about cat's-eye

What is cat's-eye the alternative form of?
Cat's-eye is the alternative form of cat's eye.

Words near cat's-eye in the dictionary

  1. cat's water
  2. cat's whisker
  3. cat's whisker receiver
  4. cat's whisker receivers
  5. cat's whiskers
  6. cat's-eye
  7. cat's-eyed
  8. cat's-paw
  9. cat's-paws
  10. cat-
  11. cat-a-mountain

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