spectacles

spectacles
noun (formal, esp. BrE)
ADJECTIVE
heavy
gold-rimmed, horn-rimmed, rimless, steel-rimmed, wire-framed, wire-rimmed
thick
tinted (BrE)
half-moon, round
reading
… OF SPECTACLES
pair
VERB + SPECTACLES
have on, wear
put on
take off
push

She pushed her spectacles further up her nose and sighed.

adjust
look through, peer through
look over, peer over

He peered at the waiter over his spectacles.

SPECTACLES + VERB
be perched on sth, perch on sth

Her wire-framed spectacles were perched on the end of her nose.

PREPOSITION
behind your spectacles, through your spectacles

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