mirror

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♦ mir|ror /m'ɪrər/ (mirrors mirroring mirrored)
1 [N-COUNT]
A mirror is a flat piece of glass which reflects light, so that when you look at it you can see yourself reflected in it.
He absent-mindedly looked at himself in the mirror...
● mirrored [ADJ]
...a mirrored ceiling.
2 [VERB] V n
If something mirrors something else, it has similar features to it, and therefore seems like a copy or representation of it.
The book inevitably mirrors my own interests and experiences...
= reflect
3 [VERB] V n
If you see something reflected in water, you can say that the water mirrors it. (LITERARY)
...the sudden glitter where a newly-flooded field mirrors the sky...
= reflectmir|ror im|age (mirror images)
also mirror-image
[N-COUNT] oft N of n
If something is a mirror image of something else, it is like a reflection of it, either because it is exactly the same or because it is the same but reversed.
I saw in him a mirror image of my younger self...mir|ror site (mirror sites)
[N-COUNT]
A mirror site is a website which is the same as another website operated by the same person or organization but has a slightly different address. Mirror sites are designed to make it easier for more people to visit a popular website.rear-view mir|ror (rear-view mirrors)
also rearview mirror
[N-COUNT]
Inside a car, the rear-view mirror is the mirror that enables you to see the traffic behind when you are driving.wing mir|ror (wing mirrors)
[N-COUNT]
The wing mirrors on a car are the mirrors on each side of the car on the outside.

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