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looking glass

look glass
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [loo k glas, glahs]
    • /lʊk glæs, glɑs/
    • /lʊk ɡlɑːs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [loo k glas, glahs]
    • /lʊk glæs, glɑs/

Definitions of looking glass words

  • noun looking glass a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing. 1
  • noun looking glass the glass used in a mirror. 1
  • noun looking glass anything used as a mirror, as highly polished metal or a reflecting surface. 1
  • noun looking glass mirror 1
  • noun Technical meaning of looking glass A desktop manager for Unix from Visix. 1
  • countable noun looking glass A looking glass is a mirror. 0
See all 9 definitions of looking glass

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Origin of looking glass

First appearance:

before 1520
One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Looking glass

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Looking glass

looking glass popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

looking glass usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for looking glass

noun looking glass

  • mirror — any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.
  • reflector — a person or thing that reflects.
  • seeing glass — a looking glass; mirror.
  • speculum — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
  • cheval glass — full-length mirror that can swivel
All 9 Synonyms of looking glass

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