noun#8,697 by frequency
spectacle
/ˈspɛktəkl̩/
An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc; Drama and excitement in a display, product, performance, exhibition, etc; An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation
- plural
- spectacles
Meanings
- 1
An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc
It was quite the spectacle.
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Tom put on his spectacles to read the letter.
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- 2
Drama and excitement in a display, product, performance, exhibition, etc
- 3
An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation
- 4
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- 5
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 armrare