binoculars
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.
Synonyms
- field glasses
- opera glasses
A kind of
- optical instrument
Related words
- trinoculars
- Galilean binoculars
- pair of binoculars
- scissor binoculars
- trench binoculars
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “binoculars” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.