eyeglasses plural: a device used to correct defects of vision or to protect the eyes that consists typically of a pair of glass or plastic lenses and the frame by which they are held in place : glasses
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The researchers point to examples like eyeglasses, cesarean sections, and fertility treatments—all of which allow people to overcome biological limitation that once would have impacted their survival or reproduction, reducing the role of genetic adaptation.—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 The man was alone and smartly dressed in a button-down shirt, khaki pants and professorial eyeglasses.—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025 Her eyeglasses below the bridge of her nose.—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the brothers, wearing matching cherry-red-and-lime-green eyeglasses, browsed the pick-and-mix bins at Kändi, a Swedish-style sweets shop in Los Angeles.—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eyeglass
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