English

A pair of binoculars

Noun

binoculars pl ‎(normally plural, singular binocular)

1. A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind:

     He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.

Usage notes

• A single device is called a pair of binoculars, and the plural "pairs of binoculars" is used for more than one device.

Translations

Synonyms

• binocs
• field glasses
• spyglass

See also

• binocular
• binoculars on Wikipedia.Wikipedia