"distorting mirror" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: distorting mirrors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} distorting mirror (plural distorting mirrors)
  1. (entertainment) A curved mirror, often using convex and concave sections to achieve a distorted effect, as:
    With strong effect, as a popular attraction at carnivals and fairs: synonym of funhouse mirror.
    Sense id: en-distorting_mirror-en-noun-jBtOCVOj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle
  2. (entertainment) A curved mirror, often using convex and concave sections to achieve a distorted effect, as:
    With subtle effect, to mislead customers in clothing shops: synonym of skinny mirror.
    Sense id: en-distorting_mirror-en-noun-ZM1T8JOQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hall of mirrors Translations (a curved mirror, often using convex and concave sections to achieve a distorted effect; a popular attraction at carnivals and fairs): vääristävä peili (Finnish), miroir déformant [masculine] (French), Zerrspiegel [masculine] (German), görbe tükör (Hungarian), torzító tükör (Hungarian), krzywe zwierciadło [neuter] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'a curved mirror, often using convex and concave sections to achieve a distorted effect; a popular attraction at carnivals and fairs': 50 50

Inflected forms

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