mirror Definition
mir·ror (mir′ər)
noun
- a smooth surface that reflects the images of objects; esp., a piece of glass coated on the reverse side as with silver or an amalgam
- anything that gives a true representation or description
- Rare something to be imitated or emulated; model
- Archaic a crystal used by fortune-tellers, sorcerers, etc.
Etymology: ME mirour < OFr mireor < VL *miratorium < mirare: see mirage
transitive verb
to reflect, as in a mirror; give or show a likeness of
mirror Synonyms
mirror
n.
mirror Synonyms
mirror Usage Examples
Object
wardrobe: The spacious bedroom has a 5 ' pine bedstead, built in mirrored wardrobes, dressing table with drawers and bedside tables.
Converse of object
- distort: The deformation being caused by the use of distorting mirrors.
- illuminate: It may be helpful to adjust the illuminating mirror and point the illumination system slightly higher or lower than center.
- crack: I check the clock and my shift is nearly finished so I hurry into the back room, and stare into the cracked mirror.
Adjective modifier
- 4oz: Junior Henry Botham also did well catching a 21lb 4oz mirror from the Old Lake on a bottom fished boilie.
- parabolic: Had the elevation of the parabolic mirror been a few yards higher, none could have lived to tell the tale.
- full-length: The Bigger Picture Do you have a full-length mirror?
- convex: The M2 mirror is a convex hyperbolic mirror with an external diameter slightly in excess of 1 meter.
- deformable: In the calculation median seeing conditions are assumed, the zenith angle is zero, and the deformable mirror is conjugate to 6.5 km.
- 24lb: SCM Phil Wright fished Temple Lake last week and managed a nice 24lb 6oz mirror.
Modifies a noun
- carp: A large pond provides a home for mirror carp and other fish.
- image: The Bible is a mirror image of our Beloved.
- symmetry: His pioneering work on the variation of Hodge structure is now very important in the study of mirror symmetry.
- maze: Can you envision a dancing waterfall maze, reflect upon a mesmerizing mirror maze or imagine a dangerous maze of flames?
Noun used with modifier
- rear-view: Using a special bracket the camera is mounted directly onto the windshield next to or below the rear-view mirror.
- Sunday: Next level after party is a sunday mirror sport.
- shaving: As the poet himself writes in the fifth of seven poems entitled ' [ untitled ] ' : Shaving mirror.
- wing: You cannot assume, for example, that a fingerprint on an outside wing mirror is evidence of taking a motor vehicle.
- bathroom: Practice in front of your family or your bathroom mirror.
Present participle complement
weigh: Duncan also caught two smaller mirrors weighing 21lb 9oz and 20lb 5oz.

