pier glass
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8.9
- noun
- Archaic
:
espejo de pared
- There was a pier glass between the windows of the room.
- a large pier glass
- pier glass frame
Examples
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"At the full-length pier glass, Iris examined herself."
Fiction book (1990) -
"Bonnie Prince Charlie," I said softly to myself, looking over my reflection in the large pier glass.
Fiction book (1992) -
She took one final look in the tall pier glass.
Fiction book (1991) -
We'll see how alike we look in Grandma's pier glass.
Fiction book (2001) -
When we piled out, Mr. Mo stopped at Fabacher's Antiques to gaze at himself in a Victorian pier glass standing just inside the show window.
Fiction book (2001) -
A large pier glass hung above a commodious dry sink cluttered with male utensils for shaving and daily hygiene.
Fiction book (1990) -
The tall pier glass reflected the sunlight beautifully in the hallway.
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I admired my outfit in the pier glass positioned between the two large windows.
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Her grandmother's pier glass added elegance to the room with its antique charm.
Synonyms
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9.9
A mirror used to see your face when dressing
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8.7
A mirror often used to check your face and clothes
A tall, narrow mirror placed between windows or columns for decoration
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly built from 'pier' (an upright support or dividing element between windows) + 'glass' (a mirror), so its meaning — a mirror associated with a pier or placed between windows — is compositionally predictable. This noun‑noun construction follows common lexical modification patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent senses (noting that 'glass' as 'mirror' is a slightly literary sense but still derivable).
Etymology
Pier glass comes from old rooms where a tall mirror, a glass, stood on a small wall called a pier between two windows. Imagine a slim mirror resting on that little wall, which is why the phrase means 'a tall, narrow mirror' placed between windows or on a pier wall.