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Definition: Eyeglass |
EyeglassNoun1. Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eyeglass" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing or wearing an eyeglass, denotes you will be afflicted with disagreeable friendships, from which you will strive vainly to disengage yourself. For a young woman to see her lover with an eyeglass on, omens disruption of love affairs. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: EyeglassSynonym: monocle (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Eyeglass |
| English words defined with "eyeglass": bespectacled ♦ Galilean telescope ♦ Herschelian telescope ♦ monocled ♦ Quizzing glass ♦ spectacled. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "eyeglass": ASSEMBLER, GOLD FRAME, ASSEMBLER, MOLDED FRAMES ♦ BENCH WORKER, bonding-machine operator ♦ Caribbean Basin Initiative ♦ dielectric-heat-sealing-machine operator ♦ ELECTRIC-SEALING-MACHINE OPERATOR, EYEGLASS-FRAME TRUER, EYEGLASS-LENS CUTTER ♦ frame assembler ♦ heat-seal operator ♦ INSPECTOR, EYEGLASS FRAMES ♦ LAMINATOR II, LAP CUTTER-TRUER OPERATOR, lens cutter ♦ optical mechanic ♦ plastic-welding-machine operator, POLISHER, EYEGLASS FRAMES, PRECISION-LENS POLISHER. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Lenses placed in a trial frame help determine an eyeglass prescription. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Eyeglass" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Eyeglass" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Crown Eyeglass Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "eyeglass": eyeglass manufacture ♦ eyeglass manufacturer ♦ eyeglass trade ♦ eyeglass wearer. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "eyeglass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | thjerrëz (lentil), thjerrë (lens), syze (barnacle, eyeglasses, eyepiece, glass, glasses, goggles, lens, ocular, specs, spectacles), monokël (monocle), gjyzlykë (glasses, spectacles). (various references) | |
Arabic | عدسة المجهر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чашка за промиване на окото (eye-bath, eyecup), монокъл (monocle, quizzing glass), лорнет (lorgnette, quizzing glass). (various references) | |
Chinese | 镜片 (eyeglasses). (various references) | |
Czech | brýle (eyeglasses, glasses). (various references) | |
French | lunetterie (eyeglass manufacture, eyeglass trade), lunetier (eyeglass manufacturer). (various references) | |
German | zwicker (clippers, pince nez), monokel (monocle), Augenglas (glasses, spectacles). (various references) | |
Hungarian | monokli (black eye, eye-glass, mice, monocle, mouse, quizzing glass, quizzing-glass, single eyeglass). (various references) | |
Italian | monocolo (monocle). (various references) | |
Papago | wuhiga. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eyeglassay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | monóculo (monocle), lente (glass, lens, master, refractor). (various references) | |
Russian | стекло для очков очки, глазная ванночка (eye-bath, eyecup), линза (lens). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | okular (eyepiece, ocular). (various references) | |
Spanish | ocular (ocular). (various references) | |
Swedish | monokel (monocle, quizzing glass). (various references) | |
Thai | แว่นตาข้างเ"ียว. (various references) | |
Turkish | tek gözlük (monocle), gözlük camı (glass, lens, spectacle glass). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eyeglass": eyeglasses. (additional references) | |
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"Eyeglass" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gypglas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "eyeglass" (pronounced ī"gla's) |
| 5 | ī" g l a' s | spyglass. |
| 4 | -g l a' s | fiberglass, hourglass, sunglass. |
| 3 | -l a' s | outclass, underclass. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-l-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: ageless. | |
-2 letters: eagles, easels, eyases, glassy, leases, lyases, sagely. | |
-3 letters: aglee, agley, eagle, easel, eases, elegy, essay, gales, gases, gassy, glass, glees, gleys, lases, lease, leges, lyase, lyses, lyssa, sages, sales, seals, seels, seely, slags, slays, yeses. | |
-4 letters: agee, ages, agly, alee, ales, ayes, ease, easy, eels, eely, egal, else, eses, eyas, eyes, gaes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-l-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: agelessly. | |
+2 letters: eyeglasses. | |
+3 letters: gracelessly. | |
+4 letters: aggressively, changelessly, regardlessly. | |
+5 letters: meaninglessly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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