glasses
/ˈɡlɑːsɪz/US/ˈɡlæsɪz/
glasses is the plural of glass.
glasses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glass.
Noun
glasses pl (plural only)
- Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
- Synonyms:
- eyeglasses, specs, biopticon
- Field glasses; binoculars.
- He had his Zeiss glasses in his hand. "I focused it before it got over the trees," said he.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- They went down as close to the shore as they dared and put their glasses on her.1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 196
Meaning of glass
Noun
glass (countable and uncountable, plural glasses)
- An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
- This tabletop is made of glass.
- Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application.
- A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
- Would you like a glass of wine?
- The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.
- Glassware.
- We collected art glass.
- A mirror.
- She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
Synonyms of glasses
Words formed from glasses
- aviator glasses
- birth control glasses
- birth-control glasses
- cheater glasses
- cooling glasses
- eclipse glasses
- flyaway glasses
- glacier glasses
- glassesed
- glassesless
- glasshole
- granny glasses
- Groucho glasses
- Harry Potter glasses
- hipster glasses
- I lost my glasses
- jam-jar glasses
- John Lennon glasses
- Kanye glasses
- look through rose-colored glasses
- look through rose-tinted glasses
- modesty glasses
- Mr. Magoo glasses
- musical glasses
- nerd glasses
- nose glasses
- opera glasses
- Oxford glasses
- pair of glasses
- pervert glasses
- pinch-nose glasses
- prescription glasses
- problem glasses
- reading glasses
- rose-colored glasses
- rose-coloured glasses
- rose-tinted glasses
- safety glasses
- scissors-glasses
- serial killer glasses
- shooting glasses
- smart glasses
- sunglasses
- wear rose-colored glasses
Phrases with glasses
- art glasses
- car glasses
- sun glasses
- beer glasses
- hand glasses
- hour glasses
- lead glasses
- Lévy glasses
- milk glasses
- opal glasses
- pier glasses
- pint glasses
92 more phrasesFewer phrases
- pony glasses
- race glasses
- rock glasses
- shot glasses
- show glasses
- soda glasses
- spin glasses
- wine glasses
- cabal glasses
- crown glasses
- field glasses
- flint glasses
- float glasses
- gauge glasses
- green glasses
- heavy glasses
- jelly glasses
- night glasses
- plate glasses
- pulse glasses
- rocks glasses
- satin glasses
- sight glasses
- sugar glasses
- tulip glasses
- watch glasses
- water glasses
- brandy glasses
- cheval glasses
- Claude glasses
- coffee glasses
- cognac glasses
- Darwin glasses
- excise glasses
- finger glasses
- forest glasses
- garden glasses
- ground glasses
- minute glasses
- object glasses
- quartz glasses
- silica glasses
- toilet glasses
- burning glasses
- Collins glasses
- cupping glasses
- dribble glasses
- looking glasses
- lowball glasses
- pattern glasses
- pressed glasses
- quarter glasses
- scrying glasses
- shooter glasses
- soluble glasses
- stained glasses
- Tiffany glasses
- whiskey glasses
- Bohemian glasses
- cocktail glasses
- counting glasses
- highball glasses
- pairs of glasses
- quizzing glasses
- sandwich glasses
- sapphire glasses
- volcanic glasses
- champagne glasses
- cranberry glasses
- gold-film glasses
- hurricane glasses
- anaclastic glasses
- glasses of welcome
- magnifying glasses
- preserving glasses
- vignetting glasses
- glasses à la Psyche
- multiplying glasses
- perspective glasses
- borosilicate glasses
- chalcogenide glasses
- old fashioned glasses
- serial-killer glasses
- tall glasses of water
- toastmaster's glasses
- Claude Lorraine glasses
- X-ray absorbing glasses
- wore rose colored glasses
- wore rose-colored glasses
- worn rose-colored glasses
- wears rose-colored glasses
- wearing rose-colored glasses
Words that rhyme with glasses
Questions about glasses
- What does glasses mean?
- Glasses means spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
- What is glasses the plural of?
- Glasses is the plural of glass.
- What part of speech is glasses?
- Glasses is a noun.
- How do you pronounce glasses?
- Glasses is pronounced /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/ (UK).
Words near glasses in the dictionary
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