eyewear

American  

[ahy-wair] / ˈaɪˌwɛər /

noun

1. any of various devices, as spectacles, contact lenses, or goggles, for aiding the vision or protecting the eyes.

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Etymology

Origin of eyewear

First recorded in 1925–30; eye + wear

Example Sentences

Alphabet said at a keynote in May that Warby Parker was one of two companies that “will be the first eyewear partners to build glasses with Android XR.”

From Barron's

The Ray-Ban Display smartglasses, developed in partnership with Franco-Italian eyewear group EssilorLuxottica EL 5.13%increase; green up pointing triangle , had been planned to be made available for sale in Canada, France, the U.K. and Italy early this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

EssilorLuxottica, which makes Ray-Bans as well as Oakleys and other brands of eyewear, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the display is tiny, the neural-band bracelet control is too fiddly and the glasses themselves make me look like a kid playing dress-up with her dad’s ’70s eyewear.

From The Wall Street Journal

We don’t want another SpongeBob eyewear situation on our hands.

From Literature