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mirror

Definition

  • noun: a piece of glass that reflects images
  • noun: a polished or smooth surface (as of glass) that forms images by reflection
  • verb: to be very similar to (something)
  • verb: to reflect in or as if in a mirror
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: acme, act like, adumbrate

Examples

  • The left hand and the right hand are 'mirror images' (of each other). = The left hand is the/a 'mirror image' of the right hand.

  • He's the 'mirror image' [=(more commonly) 'spitting image'] of his father. [=he looks just like his father]

  • She saw her reflection in the 'mirror'. = She looked at herself in the 'mirror'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,-Wanna play chess?\N-No. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Harry, l know what you're thinking,\Nbut don't. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,There's something not right\Nabout that mirror. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Back again, Harry? (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,l look good. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Harry, do you think this mirror\Nshows the future? Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,How can it?\NBoth my parents are dead. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Do you like yours, Ron? (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone