spectacles

Noun

• optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
• something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
• an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
• a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
• plural of spectacle
• 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.
• Synonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”).

Examples

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

Synonyms

eyeglasses, glasses, specs, spectacle, pair, pair of eyeglasses, pair of glasses, pair of specs, pair of spectacles