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looking-glass

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlɑːs/
  • General-American: /ˈlʊkɪŋ ˌɡlæs/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of mirror (“smooth surface that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mirror

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A way into a bizarre world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rabbit hole

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kuvastin — way into a bizarre world
  • Hungarian: átjáró — way into a bizarre world
  • Hungarian: kapu — way into a bizarre world
  • Hungarian: süllyesztő — way into a bizarre world
  • Hungarian: csapóajtó — way into a bizarre world
  • Polish: druga strona lustra — way into a bizarre world
  • Russian: зазерка́лье (zazerkálʹje) — way into a bizarre world
  • Ukrainian: задзерка́лля (zadzerkállja) — way into a bizarre world
Real reading context

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