mirrornoun
uk/ˈmɪr.ər/us/ˈmɪr.ɚ/mirror noun (GLASS)
A2 [ C ] a piece of glass with a shiny, metal-covered back that reflects light, producing an image of whatever is in front of it:
the bathroom mirror
She was looking at her reflection in the mirror.
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- The image you see in the mirror seems to be reversed.
- A large mirror in a room can create the illusion of space.
- Full-length mirrors lined each wall of the bathroom.
- There's a mirror above the washbasin.
- She had a quick look in the rear mirror before she pulled out from the kerb.
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Glass
- blow
- crystal
- cut glass
- fibreglass
- frost
- glass
- glass cutter
- glass fibre
- glassblower
- glazier
- glazing
- looking glass
- mirrored
- paste
- plate glass
- safety glass
- shatterproof
- smoked
- stained glass
- two-way mirror
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mirror noun (REPRESENT)
be a mirror of sth
to represent or show something honestly:
The movie is a mirror of daily life in wartime Britain.
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Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
- analogy
- archetype
- be sb all over idiom
- betoken
- by way of idiom
- genre
- hold
- mark
- Mr
- Mrs
- quintessential
- representative
- resemble
- stand
- true
- trust
- trust sb (to do sth)! idiom
- typical
- typically
- typify
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mirrorverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmɪr.ər/us/ˈmɪr.ɚ/to represent something honestly:
Our newspaper aims to mirror the opinions of ordinary people.
to be very similar to something:
Her on-screen romances seem to mirror her experiences in her private life.
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Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
- analogy
- archetype
- be sb all over idiom
- betoken
- by way of idiom
- genre
- hold
- mark
- Mr
- Mrs
- quintessential
- representative
- resemble
- stand
- true
- trust
- trust sb (to do sth)! idiom
- typical
- typically
- typify
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