What is another word for mirrors?

Pronunciation: [mˈɪɹəz] (IPA)

When it comes to describing an object that reflects an image, there are many synonyms for the word mirrors. Some of the most common synonyms include looking glasses, reflecting surfaces, speculums, reflectors, and glass plates. Each of these words is used to describe objects that allow us to see our own reflection or the reflection of objects around us. The word mirrors can also be shortened to just "mirr" in some contexts, and there are many different shapes and sizes of mirrors, from small compact mirrors to large full-length reflectors. Whether in the bathroom, dressing room, or car, mirrors are an essential part of our daily lives.

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What are the hypernyms for Mirrors?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    reflector, imaging device, reflectance device, reflecting device, reflecting surface.

Usage examples for Mirrors

So much light is lost in the double reflection in the mirrors of the sextant, that stars fainter than the third magnitude can seldom be observed.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
It will probably pay you better than-selling mirrors.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
Then he swung himself down, and, walking resolutely to his tent, dragged out a box containing about a dozen small cheap mirrors.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss

Famous quotes with Mirrors

  • The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.
    Theodor Adorno
  • I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room.
    Pamela Anderson
  • When I draw a character, very often as I'm doing a face, my face mirrors the expression.
    Matthew Ashford
  • It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.
    Bruce Babbitt
  • We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.
    Pearl Bailey

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