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nightglass

nightglass is the alternative form 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

Forms of nightglass

pluralnightglasses

Questions about nightglass

What is nightglass the alternative form of?
Nightglass is the alternative form of night glass.

Words near nightglass in the dictionary

  1. nightfulness
  2. nightfuls
  3. nightgame
  4. nightgear
  5. nightgears
  6. nightglass
  7. nightglasses
  8. nightgloom
  9. nightglow
  10. nightglows
  11. nightgown

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