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sun-glasses

sun-glasses is the alternative form of sunglasses.

Meaning of sunglasses

Noun

sunglasses pl (plural only, attributive sunglass)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory.
    • It is impossible to know accurately how you look in your sunglasses.1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 75
  2. (colloquial, plural, plural-only) A person wearing sunglasses
    • My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar2011, Fun, We Are Young

Questions about sun-glasses

What is sun-glasses the alternative form of?
Sun-glasses is the alternative form of sunglasses.

Words near sun-glasses in the dictionary

  1. sun-fever
  2. sun-fevers
  3. sun-fruit
  4. sun-glade
  5. sun-glassed
  6. sun-glasses
  7. sun-god
  8. sun-gods
  9. sun-grebe
  10. sun-grebes
  11. sun-kissed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sun-glasses (page history and authors); sunglasses (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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