Definition of spectacles in English:
spectacles
plural nounˈspɛktək(ə)lzˈspɛktəkəlz
British A pair of glasses.
Example sentencesExamples
- The countryman went from ruggedly unsophisticated to casually erudite in one quick addition of something so simplistic as a pair of spectacles.
- He dusted the snowflakes out of his hair and slipped on his pair of thick-framed spectacles and took the folder from Margaret's hands.
- I advised His Honour to buy a new pair of spectacles.
- Lamb draws an analogy with a pair of spectacles.
- He looked up and the glass of his spectacles caught the light, sending a bright glare into Sandra's eyes.
- It was in Venice, the centre of glass making, that the first pair of spectacles appeared, around 1280.
- In the lead was a tall man, about Adam's height, with a head full of graying brown hair and a pair of intelligent-looking spectacles.
- He pulled another pair of spectacles out and replaced his old ones with them.
- She had on a different pair of spectacles now, a blue oval shaped type.
- The girl opened her eyes to find herself looking into blue eyes which twinkled behind a pair of spectacles.
- The gray side-burned man cocked a grey eye at him beneath a pair of expensive spectacles.
- He's wearing a pair of spectacles and his usually unruly mop of brown hair is now slicked down with a neat side-parting.
- She could see his slicked back hair with a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles resting carefully on his nose.
- Gerald had donned a pair of spectacles and seemed earnestly studious.
- He had light brown hair and blue eyes framed by a pair of spectacles.
- ‘Try these,’ he said as he handed her a pair of round-lensed spectacles.
- He was wearing a full body suit of ostrich feathers and a ludicrous pair of spectacles.
- The judge pulled out a pair of spectacles and a list.
- He took a pair of thin-rimmed spectacles from a case and perched them close to the tip of his nose.
- His hair was blond, and his eyes a bright blue colour, partially hidden behind a small pair of green tinted spectacles.
Synonyms
glasses, eyewear
North American eyeglasses
informal specs
Definition of spectacles in US English:
spectacles
plural nounˈspektəkəlzˈspɛktəkəlz
British another term for glasses
Example sentencesExamples
- He dusted the snowflakes out of his hair and slipped on his pair of thick-framed spectacles and took the folder from Margaret's hands.
- The gray side-burned man cocked a grey eye at him beneath a pair of expensive spectacles.
- He pulled another pair of spectacles out and replaced his old ones with them.
- He was wearing a full body suit of ostrich feathers and a ludicrous pair of spectacles.
- She could see his slicked back hair with a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles resting carefully on his nose.
- He took a pair of thin-rimmed spectacles from a case and perched them close to the tip of his nose.
- The countryman went from ruggedly unsophisticated to casually erudite in one quick addition of something so simplistic as a pair of spectacles.
- The judge pulled out a pair of spectacles and a list.
- It was in Venice, the centre of glass making, that the first pair of spectacles appeared, around 1280.
- I advised His Honour to buy a new pair of spectacles.
- He had light brown hair and blue eyes framed by a pair of spectacles.
- He looked up and the glass of his spectacles caught the light, sending a bright glare into Sandra's eyes.
- He's wearing a pair of spectacles and his usually unruly mop of brown hair is now slicked down with a neat side-parting.
- She had on a different pair of spectacles now, a blue oval shaped type.
- His hair was blond, and his eyes a bright blue colour, partially hidden behind a small pair of green tinted spectacles.
- In the lead was a tall man, about Adam's height, with a head full of graying brown hair and a pair of intelligent-looking spectacles.
- The girl opened her eyes to find herself looking into blue eyes which twinkled behind a pair of spectacles.
- ‘Try these,’ he said as he handed her a pair of round-lensed spectacles.
- Gerald had donned a pair of spectacles and seemed earnestly studious.
- Lamb draws an analogy with a pair of spectacles.