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Specs

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

noun-plural. Informal Eyeglasses; spectacles.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Abbreviation of spectacles.

n. Specifications: Plural form of spec.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

A colloquial contraction of spectacles.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

Word Usage

"In place of some Hollywood voluptuary, she gives us a Cleopatra who is a working queen and ruler: at one point we even see her in specs sitting at a desk signing state papers."

Verb Form

specced specs

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

description verbal description

Hyponym

network architecture computer architecture

Form

on spec

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Cech Czech Dec Eck Lech Lek Peck Quebec bec beck

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

specification blueprint documentation eyeglasses setup