glasses

Glass  (gls), Philip Born 1937.

American composer whose minimalist style of music contains elements of both rock and Indian music. His works include the opera Einstein on the Beach (1975).

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glass  (gls)

n.

1. Any of a large class of materials with highly variable mechanical and optical properties that solidify from the molten state without crystallization, are typically made by silicates fusing with boric oxide, aluminum oxide, or phosphorus pentoxide, are generally hard, brittle, and transparent or translucent, and are considered to be supercooled liquids rather than true solids.

2. Something usually made of glass, especially:

a. A drinking vessel.

b. A mirror.

c. A barometer.

d. A window or windowpane.

3.

a. glasses A pair of lenses mounted in a light frame, used to correct faulty vision or protect the eyes.

b. A binocular or field glass. Often used in the plural.

c. A device, such as a monocle or spyglass, containing a lens or lenses and used as an aid to vision.

4. The quantity contained by a drinking vessel; a glassful.

5. Objects made of glass; glassware.

adj.

1. Made or consisting of glass.

2. Fitted with panes of glass; glazed.

v. glassed, glass·ing, glass·es

v.tr.

1.

a. To enclose or encase with glass.

b. To put into a glass container.

c. To provide with glass or glass parts.

2. To make glassy; glaze.

3.

a. To see reflected, as in a mirror.

b. To reflect.

4. To scan (a tract of land or forest, for example) with an optical instrument.

v.intr.

1. To become glassy.

2. To use an optical instrument, as in looking for game.

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[Middle English glas, from Old English glæs; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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glasses

Noun, pl

a pair of lenses for correcting faulty vision, in a frame that rests on the nose and hooks behind the ears

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

glasses - optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision eyeglasses, specs, spectacles bifocals - eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision nosepiece, bridge - the link between two lenses; rests on the nose frame - the framework for a pair of eyeglasses goggles - tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes lorgnette - eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle optical instrument - an instrument designed to aid vision pince-nez - spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring dark glasses, shades, sunglasses - spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; "he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

glasses [ˈglɑːsəs] npl → gafas fpl; anteojos mpl (LAM)

glasses [ˈglɑːsɪz] npl (= spectacles) → occhiali mpl