HyperDic: sights

English > 1 sense of the word sights:
NOUNartifactsightsan optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
sights > pronunciation
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Rhymescampsite ... tights: 6 rhymes with ayts...
English > sights: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument.
Part offirearm, piece, small-armA portable gun
surveying instrument, surveyor's instrumentAn instrument used by surveyors
Partseyepiece, ocularcombination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
NarrowerbombsightA sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
gunsight, gun-sightA sight used for aiming a gun
Broaderoptical instrumentAn instrument designed to aid vision
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