binoculars
(bɪnɒkjʊləʳz )
plural noun [oft a pair of NOUN]
Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
We studied the site through binoculars.
Image of binoculars
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Collocations:
use binoculars
It looks like a fuzzy pink patch and, if you use binoculars or a telescope, you can see some of the brighter stars within.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
With the Moon near full, it may be necessary to use binoculars to see the stars.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You use binoculars to tag enemies which also include a directional mic allowing you to listen in to guards' conversations.
The Sun (2014)
When the Beatles came on we used binoculars.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In the north it was more relaxed and you could laugh and use binoculars.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Translations:
Chinese: 望远镜
Japanese: 双眼鏡
- reluctant witness
- rely
- rely entirely on
- rely exclusively on
- rely heavily on
- rely increasingly on
- rely largely on
- rely mainly on
- rely mostly on
- rely primarily on
- rely principally on
- rely purely on
- rely solely on
- rely wholly on
- REM
- remain
- remain a favourite
- remain a fixture
- remain a mystery
- remain an issue
- remain an outsider
- remain a possibility
- remain a priority
- remain calm
- remainder