spectacles

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛktəkl̩z/

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• Hyphenation: spec‧ta‧cles

spectacles

1. plural of spectacle

spectacles pl (plural only, attributive spectacle)

1. (dated) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

   He needed to get new spectacles because his original ones had broken.

2. (cricket, slang) Synonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”).

• eyeglasses (US), glasses, pair of eyeglasses (US), pair of glasses, pair of specs (colloquial), pair of spectacles, specs (colloquial)

• “spectacles”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “spectacles”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “spectacles”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “spectacles”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

spectacles m

1. plural of spectacle