Phrase Hound found 41 phrases and 11 compound words that contain mirrors. The most common are listed below. Open mirrors in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 41
- smoke and mirrorsA deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description.
- hall of mirrorsA carnival attraction with curved mirrors (funhouse mirrors) that distort the viewer's appearance.
- house of mirrorsA traditional attraction at funfairs, carnivals, and amusement parks consisting of a maze walled with mirrors and glass panes, including curved mirrors that distort the reflected image.
- black mirrorsplural of black mirror: A mirror used to practice divination or other magic rituals.
- magic mirrorsplural of magic mirror: A divinatory mirror in which a person sees images or scenes.
- sound mirrorsplural of sound mirror: An acoustic mirror.
- wing mirrorsplural of wing mirror: Either of a pair of mirrors on the sides of a car or other vehicle that enable the driver to see to the side and behind.
- Chinese magic mirrorsplural of Chinese magic mirror: A kind of ancient mirror made from polished bronze and capable of projecting a pattern onto a surface when struck by bright light.
- done with mirrorspast participle of do with mirrors: To perform a magic trick or produce an optical illusion with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham.
- two-way mirrorsplural of two-way mirror: A mirror that is partially reflective and partially transparent.
- halls of mirrorsplural of hall of mirrors: A carnival attraction with curved mirrors (funhouse mirrors) that distort the viewer's appearance.
- houses of mirrorsplural of house of mirrors: A traditional attraction at funfairs, carnivals, and amusement parks consisting of a maze walled with mirrors and glass panes, including curved mirrors that distort the reflected image.
- funhouse mirrorsplural of funhouse mirror: A type of distorting mirror with strong distortion effect used for amusement in funhouses and carnivals, especially in a hall of mirrors.
- acoustic mirrorsplural of acoustic mirror: A passive device for reflecting and often focusing sound waves, chiefly used to provide early warning of incoming aircraft (by detecting the sound of their engines).
- burning mirrorsplural of burning mirror: A concave mirror for producing heat by concentrating the sun's rays.
- driving mirrorsplural of driving mirror: A rear-view mirror.
- finger mirrorsplural of finger mirror: A safety technique used to detect two-way mirrors, primarily in hotel rooms or dressing rooms.
- ion mirrorsplural of ion mirror: A reflectron.
- liquid mirrorsplural of liquid mirror: A mirror made from a layer of reflective liquid.
- magnetic mirrorsplural of magnetic mirror: A magnetic confinement device used in fusion power to trap high-temperature plasma using magnetic fields.
- milk mirrorsplural of milk mirror: escutcheon (marking on the back of a cow's udder)
- mouth mirrorsplural of mouth mirror: A small, usually circular mirror with a handle, used in dentistry to look inside the mouth and to retract soft tissues.
- side mirrorsplural of side mirror: Either of a pair of mirrors on the sides of a car or other vehicle that enable the driver to see to the side and behind.
- street mirrorsplural of street mirror: A mirror or pair of mirrors mounted outside a window, allowing the viewer to see along a street while remaining indoors.
- dressing mirrorsplural of dressing mirror: A large mirror, often as a separate piece of furniture, in which a full-body reflection can be viewed when getting dressed.
Compound words 11
- metamirrorsplural of metamirror: A surface composed of single planar array of electrically small bianisotropic inclusions
- nanomirrorsplural of nanomirror: A nanoscale mirror or a mirror fashioned from nanomaterials
- antimirrorsplural of antimirror: Opposed to mirrors.
- handmirrorsplural of handmirror: A handheld mirror.
- micromirrorsplural of micromirror: A very small, highly reflective mirror, often supported on a torsion beam, used in a variety of applications and in research on radiation and quantum effects.
- mismirrorsthird-person singular simple present indicative of mismirror: To provide a distorted reflection of
- multimirrorsplural of multimirror: multiple mirrors
- pentamirrorsplural of pentamirror: A system of three (not five) mirrors used as a cheaper substitute to a pentaprism in the viewfinders of some single-lens reflex cameras
- submirrorsplural of submirror: A secondary or subsidiary mirror.
- supermirrorsplural of supermirror: A highly polished surface used in connection with neutron beams.