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black mirrors

black mirrors is the plural of black mirror.

Meaning of black mirror

Noun

black mirror (plural black mirrors)

  1. A mirror used to practice divination or other magic rituals.
    • She had marvellous eyes; great, wide-open, and as black and soft as velvet, with a mysterious depth. To look in them was like gazing at a black mirror such as Doctor Dee used in his wizard rites.1903, Bram Stoker, “The Watchers”, in The Jewel of Seven Stars, published 1912
  2. (painting) Synonym of Claude glass.
    • Thus, when Manet speaks of using the black mirror—and X-ray examinations of the head seem to confirm his statements—he does so, apparently, in the manner of those Renaissance painters who saw it as a “judge” and “master”.2004, Arnaud Maillet, translated by Jeff Fort, The Claude glass: use and meaning of the black mirror in western art, New York: Zone Books, →ISBN, page 120
    Synonyms:
    Claude glass
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, mirror.

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Questions about black mirrors

What is black mirrors the plural of?
Black mirrors is the plural of black mirror.

Words near black mirrors in the dictionary

  1. Black Miao
  2. black MIDI
  3. black mirror
  4. Black Mirror-esque
  5. Black Mirroresque
  6. black mirrors
  7. black mist
  8. black mists
  9. Black Monday
  10. black money
  11. black mongo

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