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say it: MIR-ur
mirror is a noun and verb meaning "polished surface that forms images by reflecting light". It is pronounced /ˈmɪɹɚ/ — MIR-ur. It carries 4 recorded senses.
polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
a faithful depiction or reflection
“the best mirror is an old friend”
reflect or resemble
“The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mirror come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.