bifocals

1. 1.

   (plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision

   Broaderspectacles

   plural

Other forms of bifocals

plural

bifocalses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bifocals

What does bifocals mean?

bifocals means "(plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision".

How many syllables are in bifocals?

bifocals has 3 syllables: bi-fo-cals. The stress falls on "bi". In IPA it is /ˈbaɪfoʊkəlz/.

Is bifocals a common word?

bifocals is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.