looking glass
noun
a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
the glass used in a mirror.
anything used as a mirror, as highly polished metal or a reflecting surface.
Origin of looking glass
First recorded in 1520–30
Words nearby looking glass
lookee,
looker,
looker-on,
lookie-likie,
looking,
looking glass,
looking-glass self,
lookism,
lookout,
lookout mountain,
lookup
British Dictionary definitions for looking glass
looking glass
noun
a mirror, esp a ladies' dressing mirror
adjective looking-glass
with normal or familiar circumstances reversed; topsy-turvy
a looking-glass world
Word Origin for looking glass
sense 2 in allusion to Lewis Carroll's
Through the Looking-Glass