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# eyeshade

«eyeshade» in Mova's school dictionary: **A visor: a band with a stiff brim at the front that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an eyeshade, eyeshades)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A visor: a band with a stiff brim at the front that shades the eyes from light, worn without a top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeshade/#m1)

2) A soft mask worn over the eyes to block light while sleeping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeshade/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and sport, tennis players and golfers wear eyeshades in the sun; on planes, travellers use eyeshades to sleep. In old stories and films, newspaper editors and accountants wear green eyeshades. Phrases: «a green eyeshade», «sleep with an eyeshade».

### examples

- She wore an eyeshade to play tennis in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeshade/#x1)
- I sleep better with an eyeshade on the plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeshade/#x2)
- The old editor wore a green eyeshade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeshade/#x3)
- Put on your eyeshade so the light doesn't wake you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeshade/#x4)
- An eyeshade keeps the sun off your face but not your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeshade/#x5)
- The golfer pulled down his eyeshade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeshade/#x6)

### note

Countable compound: eye + shade. Uses «an»: an eyeshade. Similar: visor, sleep mask. A visor does not protect the top of your head from sunburn, so use sun cream too.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eyeshade» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeshade/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.