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scissors-glasses

scissors-glasses noun: eyeglasses with scissoring stems, used for distance vision.

scissors-glasses: eyeglasses with scissoring stems, used for distance vision
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Noun

scissors-glasses (plural scissors-glasses)

  1. eyeglasses with scissoring stems, used for distance vision

Synonyms of scissors-glasses

Forms of scissors-glasses

pluralscissors-glasses
alternative formscissors glasses

Origin of scissors-glasses

From scissors + glasses.

Questions about scissors-glasses

What does scissors-glasses mean?
Scissors-glasses means eyeglasses with scissoring stems, used for distance vision.
What part of speech is scissors-glasses?
Scissors-glasses is a noun.
What is the plural of scissors-glasses?
The plural of scissors-glasses is scissors-glasses.

Words near scissors-glasses in the dictionary

  1. scissors kicks
  2. scissors paper rock
  3. scissors paper stone
  4. scissors-and-paste
  5. scissors-congruent
  6. scissors-glasses
  7. scissors-tailed
  8. scissorsbill
  9. scissorsbills
  10. scissorsed
  11. scissorses

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