Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - mirror

(mirrors, mirroring, mirrored) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. 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... N-COUNT • mirrored ...a mirrored ceiling. ADJ 2. 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 VERB: V n 3. 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... = reflect VERB: V n