Definition

1. Noun:
   • An artificial eye made of glass: A prosthetic device, typically spherical and painted to resemble a human eye, used to replace a missing natural eye within the eye socket.

Usage

• The term "glass eye" is used to refer specifically to the prosthetic object itself. It is a countable noun.
• It is used in medical, personal, and descriptive contexts to discuss ocular prosthetics.

Examples

• Noun:
  • After the accident, he was fitted with a glass eye.
  • The old pirate in the story wore a patch over his glass eye.
  • Modern ocular prosthetics are often made from acrylic, but traditionally they were glass eyes.

Advanced Usage

• "To have a glass eye": This phrase describes a person who uses such a prosthesis.
  • The veteran was known to have a glass eye, a reminder of his service.
• Used metaphorically (rarely) to describe something that is artificial, lifeless, or unseeing in appearance.
  • The doll's glass eye stared blankly from the shelf.

Variants and Related Words

• Ocular prosthesis (n): The formal medical term for an artificial eye.
• Artificial eye (n): A more general synonym for "glass eye," though modern versions are not always made of glass.

Synonyms

• Artificial eye
• Ocular prosthesis (formal)

Related Phrases

• Fitted with a glass eye: The process of receiving and wearing the prosthesis.
  • She was fitted with a glass eye that matched her remaining eye perfectly.

Noun

1. prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass