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FIELD GLASSES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field glasses mean? 

FIELD GLASSES (noun)
  The noun FIELD GLASSES has 1 sense:

1. (plural) an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyesplay

  Familiarity information: FIELD GLASSES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIELD GLASSES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(plural) an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

binoculars; field glasses; opera glasses

Hypernyms ("field glasses" is a kind of...):

optical instrument (an instrument designed to aid vision)

Meronyms (parts of "field glasses"):

eyepiece; ocular (combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)


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