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night glass

night glass noun: a spyglass or binoculars with large diameter lenses, used to see objects better in the dark.

Noun

night glass (plural night glasses)

  1. A spyglass or binoculars with large diameter lenses, used to see objects better in the dark.
    • Away beyond the ship he could see the roof of Beau Desert among the trees, but the jetty and the ship and the cliff path were still in deep shadow. Bond wondered if night-glasses would be able to pick them out. And if they could, what Strangways would be thinking.1954, Ian Fleming, “Terror By The Sea”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 234

Forms of night glass

pluralnight glasses
alternative formnight-glass

Questions about night glass

What does night glass mean?
Night glass means a spyglass or binoculars with large diameter lenses, used to see objects better in the dark.
What part of speech is night glass?
Night glass is a noun.
What is the plural of night glass?
The plural of night glass is night glasses.

Words near night glass in the dictionary

  1. night fowl
  2. night fowls
  3. night frog
  4. night frogs
  5. night game
  6. night glass
  7. night glasses
  8. night green
  9. night hag
  10. night hags
  11. night hand

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