| Definition of 'mitre' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) miter joint, mitre joint, miter, mitre
joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
2. (noun) miter, mitre
the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made
"he covered the miter with glue before making the joint"
3. (noun) miter, mitre
a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
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| Definition of 'mitre' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) mitre
a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks
2. (noun) mitre
the surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint
3. (noun) mitre
a sort of base money or coin
4. mitre
see Miter
5. (verb) mitre
to place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter
6. (verb) mitre
to match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle
7. (verb) mitre
to meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction
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Sense: a type of headdress worn by archbishops and bishops.
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 Afrikaans: myter |
 Arabic: تاج أُسْقُف |
 Bulgarian: митра |
 Brazilian: mitra |
 Czech: mitra |
 German: die Bischofsmütze |
 Danish: mitra |
 Greek: μίτρα |
 Spanish: mitra |
 Estonian: mitra |
 Farsi: تاج |
 Finnish: mitra |
 French: mitre |
 Hebrew: מִצנֶפֶת |
 Hindi: पादरियों की ऊंची टोपी |
 Croatian: biskupska kapa |
 Hungarian: püspöksüveg |
 Indonesian: topi uskup |
 Icelandic: biskupsmítur |
 Italian: mitra |
 Japanese: 司教冠 |
 Korean: 미트라, 주교관; 주교의 직 |
 Lithuanian: mitra |
 Latvian: mitra |
 Malay: topi biskop |
 Dutch: mijter |
 Norwegian: bispelue, mitra |
 Polish: mitra, infuła |
 Persian: تاج |
 Pashto: تاج |
 Portuguese: mitra |
 Romanian: mitră |
 Russian: митра |
 Slovak: mitra |
 Slovenian: mitra |
 Serbian: mitra |
 Swedish: mitra, biskopsmössa |
 Thai: หมวกที่พระใส่ |
 Turkish: başpiskopos külahı/şapkas |
 Taiwanese: 主教法冠 |
 Ukrainian: мітра |
 Urdu: پادری یا لاٹھ پادری کے سر |
 Vietnamese: mũ tế |
 Chinese: 主教法冠 |
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