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glass eye

glass eye noun: an artificial eyeball, not necessarily made from glass, intended to replace a missing or removed eye.

Noun

glass eye (plural glass eyes)

  1. An artificial eyeball, not necessarily made from glass, intended to replace a missing or removed eye.
    • You can play a lot of tricks with a glass eye because you can take it out and pop it back in again any time you like. You can bet your life Mrs. Twit knew all the tricks.1980, Roald Dahl, The Twits, page 10

Forms of glass eye

pluralglass eyes

Questions about glass eye

What does glass eye mean?
Glass eye means an artificial eyeball, not necessarily made from glass, intended to replace a missing or removed eye.
What part of speech is glass eye?
Glass eye is a noun.
What is the plural of glass eye?
The plural of glass eye is glass eyes.

Words near glass eye in the dictionary

  1. glass doors
  2. glass eel
  3. glass eels
  4. glass electrode
  5. glass electrodes
  6. glass eye
  7. glass eyes
  8. glass felt
  9. glass felts
  10. glass fiber
  11. glass fiber insulation

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