contact lens

noun

: a thin lens designed to fit over the cornea and usually worn to correct defects in vision

Examples of contact lens in a Sentence

She wears contact lenses more often than glasses.

Recent Examples on the Web

Turner's car, keys and wallet were left at home, as well as daily medications and his contact lens and glasses, according to his family. —Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2025

Travis' contact lens supplies and glasses were left at home. —Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025

All of this has prompted Jana Partners to announce a top portfolio position in Cooper and plans to push for strategic alternatives, including a potential transaction to combine its contact lens unit with peers such as Bausch + Lomb. —Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 15 Nov. 2025

The thin, flexible material, similar to a contact lens, can be placed directly on the heart during surgery. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for contact lens

• deferens
• bens
• cleanse
• dens
• gens
• glens
• hens
• jens
• pens
• tens
• wrens
• zens

Kids Definition

contact lens

noun

con·​tact lens

ˌkän-ˌtak(t)-

: a thin lens used to correct bad eyesight and worn right over the cornea of the eye

Medical Definition

contact lens

noun

con·​tact lens ˌkän-ˌtakt- 

: a thin lens designed to fit over the cornea and usually worn to correct defects in vision