Sunglasses

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sunglass \Sun"glass`\, n.; pl. {Sunglasses}.
     A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the
     sun's rays into a focus. "Lighting a cigar with a sunglass."
     --Hawthorne.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sunglasses
       n : spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the
           eyes from the glare of the sun; "he was wearing a pair of
           mirrored shades" [syn: {dark glasses}, {shades}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "sunglasses":
     Polaroid glasses, bifocals, blinkers, cheaters, colored glasses,
     contact lens, dark glasses, divided spectacles, eyeglass,
     eyeglasses, eyeshade, eyeshield, glasses, goggles, granny glasses,
     harlequin glasses, horn-rimmed glasses, lorgnette, lorgnon,
     mini-specs, monocle, nippers, pair of glasses, peepers,
     quizzing glass, readers, reading glasses, shades, smoked glasses,
     specs, spectacles, sun-specs, trifocals, visor