binocularsbi‧noc‧u‧lars /bɪˈnɒkjələz, baɪ- $ -ˈnɑːkjələrz/ ●○○ noun [plural] 
Word Origin
a pair of special glasses, that you hold up to your eyes to look at objects that are a long distance away SYN field glasses
Word OriginWORD ORIGINbinoculars
ExamplesOrigin:
1800-1900 binocular ‘using both eyes’ (18-21 centuries), from Latin bini ( ➔ BINARY) + oculus ‘eye’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- An inspection through binoculars revealed a vertical slate stack, impossible to see from the cliffs above.
- Bring binoculars, sunscreen, walking shoes, hat and a good bird guide.
- He took the binoculars from around his neck and held them out.
- Omicron has a G-type spectrum, but when seen through binoculars seems to me rather more orange than might be expected.
- Pearl was saying, lifting the binoculars, her hands trembling, the lenses tapping the window pane.
- People were hurrying, binoculars bouncing on chests.
- Through the binoculars I thought I made out an animal stretched out on the beach on a beeline from my window.
- With increased power, the field of view becomes smaller, and with increased aperture the binoculars become heavier.
WORD SETS► TECHNOLOGY
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► look
· The driver's door was open and kneeling behind it was the man looking through binoculars.· I looked through my own binoculars.· One was looking through binoculars at the mountain.· Blue looks through the binoculars and reads the title of the book that Black is reading.
► see· Omicron has a G-type spectrum, but when seen through binoculars seems to me rather more orange than might be expected.· The few planetaries bright enough to be seen with binoculars show up in the guise of dim, ill-defined stars.· Here again most of them are inconveniently faint, and in no cases can the forms be properly seen with binoculars.· The man whom Patrick had seen through binoculars was using an artillery sight to fine-tune the angle.· As its range is from 5.9 to 6.9, it is always easy to see with binoculars of any magnification.· After six years of study, the sky as seen through binoculars was etched on his memory.· There are many reports of their having been seen with binoculars, but I have never had any success.· The range is from 5.7 to 8.6, so that for almost all the time it is easy to see with binoculars.
► take· Then he took the binoculars and peered at me through them.· He took the binoculars from around his neck and held them out.· The sight of figures at the charred tenement took him and his binoculars to the window.
► use· For nova-hunting, Alcock uses hand-held binoculars which he can sweep freely over the sky as he reclines in a deckchair.· And, if you intend to use the binoculars in darker light, look for a pair with a large pupil.· They are certainly effective, and make using high-power binoculars much easier.· Every time you use binoculars, put the safety-cord around your neck.
a pair of special glasses, that you hold up to your eyes to look at objects that are a long distance away SYN field glasses