half-glasses

[ haf-glas-iz, hahf-glah-siz ]

/ ˈhæfˌglæs ɪz, ˈhɑfˌglɑ sɪz /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

a pair of eyeglasses, often shaped like the lower half of regular eyeglasses, containing lenses to aid in reading and not suitable for distance vision.

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Words nearby half-glasses

half frame, half-frozen, half-full, half gainer, half-gallon, half-glasses, half-grown, half-hardy, halfhearted, half hitch, half-holiday

How to use half-glasses in a sentence

Note: From one to one and one-half glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.
Encyclopedia of Diet, Vol. 4 (of 5)|Eugene Christian
At home during the evening drank two and one-half glasses of water.
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure|Edward Hooker Dewey
Then he poured two half-glasses of the clear gin, swallowed his portion, and sat down.
The Best Short Stories of 1915|Various
Eight gallons of mushrooms require from one to one and a half glasses of salt.
Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous|Thomas Taylor

By this time Mr. Neefit was alternately wiping the tears from his eyes, and taking half glasses of port wine.
Ralph the Heir|Anthony Trollope