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night glasses

night glasses is the plural of night glass.

Meaning of night glass

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

Questions about night glasses

What is night glasses the plural of?
Night glasses is the plural of night glass.

Words near night glasses in the dictionary

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

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