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glacier glasses

glacier glasses noun: a type of dimmed or polarized eyeglasses or goggles used to prevent snow blindness.

Noun

glacier glasses pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A type of dimmed or polarized eyeglasses or goggles used to prevent snow blindness.
    • At 17,000 feet the sun is bright and the air is thin. Glacier glasses take care of the bright sun. There was nothing to take care of the thin air.1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 9

Questions about glacier glasses

What does glacier glasses mean?
Glacier glasses means a type of dimmed or polarized eyeglasses or goggles used to prevent snow blindness.
What part of speech is glacier glasses?
Glacier glasses is a noun.

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