English Explanatory Dictionary

looking-glass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”).
  2. A way into a bizarre world.

Pronunciation

/ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlɑːs/ /ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlæs/ en-au-looking glass.ogg

Word forms

looking-glass looking-glasses looking glass

Etymology

* (way into a bizarre world): From the book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll.

Synonyms

mirror rabbit hole

Derived words

looking-glass mangrove through the looking-glass Venus's looking-glass
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