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mirror
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
1 [C] a piece of special flat glass that reflects images, so that you can see yourself when you look in it:
He looked at himself in the mirror. * a rear-view mirror (= in a car, so that the driver can see what is behind) * (BrE) a wing mirror (= on the side of a car) * (AmE) a side mirror
2 a ~ of sth [sing.] something that shows what sth else is like:
The face is the mirror of the soul. * Dickens' novels are a mirror of his times.
verb [VN] (written)
1 to have features that are similar to sth else and which show what it is like:
The music of the time mirrored the feeling of optimism in the country.
2 to show the image of sb/sth on the surface of water, glass, etc.
SYNREFLECT:
She saw herself mirrored in the shiny wood panelling.
