spectacle

Meaning of spectacle

noun
  1. An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
    The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.
  2. An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
    He made a spectacle out of himself.
  3. (usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
  4. An aid to the intellectual sight.
  5. A spyglass; a looking-glass.
  6. The brille of a snake.
  7. A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.

Information about spectacle

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of spectacle is: spectacles.
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Hyphenation of spectacle

spec-ta-cle

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • spectacle is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

spectacle synonyms

Meaning :

pageant, show, eyeglasses, glasses, specs

Words that rhyme with spectacle

acle, debacle, embacle, treacle, cardiacle, diacle, piacle, siacle, macle, Tabernacle, barnacle, bernacle, binnacle, cenacle, hibernacle, immanacle, manacle, pinacle, pinnacle, signacle, tabernacle, tenacle, unmanacle, vernacle, palpacle, Oracle, coracle, demiracle, minimiracle, miracle, neomiracle, oracle, outmiracle, pseudospiracle, spiracle, steracle, umbracle, bittacle, conceptacle, habitacle, obstacle, pentacle, receptacle, subtectacle, superspectacle, tentacle

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