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glasses | telescope |

As a noun glasses

is .

As a verb telescope is

.

glasses

English

(wikipedia glasses)

Noun

(head)
  • (pluralonly) spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes

    • Usage notes

    * A sight-improving lens for a single eye is a monocle. * Though confusion is unlikely, clarity as to quantity is improved by using the expressions "a pair of glasses" (or "a pair of eyeglasses") or "(however many) pairs of eyeglasses".

    Synonyms

    * (spectacles) eyeglasses (US), specs, bioptikon

    Derived terms

    * John Lennon glasses * sunglasses

    See also

    * bifocals * contact lens * monocle * pince-nez * shades * varifocals

    External links

    * (commonslite)

    Anagrams

    * English pluralia tantum

    telescope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A monocular optical instrument possessing magnification for observing distant objects, especially in astronomy.
  • Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).

    • Derived terms

    * telescopic * radio telescope * reflecting telescope * refracting telescope * terrestrial telescope

    Verb

    (telescop)
  • To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
  • To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
  • To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.

    • See also

    * binoculars * microscope