spectacle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
2. 2
   noun An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
3. 3
   noun (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. 4
   noun An aid to the intellectual sight.
5. 5
   noun A spyglass; a looking-glass.
6. 6
   noun The brille of a snake.
7. 7
   noun 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.