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Collocations for lens - noun

1. curved piece of glass

ADJECTIVE

strong, thick
She wears glasses with very thick lenses.
coloured/colored, tinted
optical, spectacle (formal, BrE)
camera
fish-eye, long, magnifying, telephoto, telescopic (esp. BrE), wide-angle, zoom
a long-lens shot of a rare bird
The photo was taken using a zoom lens.

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lens + NOUN

cap, cover
I took the lens cap off my camera and waited for a good shot.

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PREPOSITION

through a/the lens
a view of Mount Kilimanjaro as seen through Eddie's camera lens

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2.

→ See also contact lens

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