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Definition: Miter |
MiterNoun1. A liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions. Verb1. Bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint. 2. Confer a miter on, as of a bishop. 3. Fit together in a miter joint. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "miter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: MiterSynonym: mitre (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Angularity | Right angle; (perpendicular) a; obliquity; angle of x, miter; acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle. |
Canonicals | Noun: canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown frock, pallium, surplice, cassock, dalmatic, scapulary, cope, mozetta, scarf, tunicle, chasuble, alb, alba, stole; fanon, fannel; tonsure, cowl, hood; calote, calotte; bands; capouch, amice; vagas, vakas, vakass; apron, lawn sleeves, pontificals, pall; miter, tiara, triple crown; shovel hat, cardinal's hat; biretta; crosier; pastoral staff, thurifer; costume. |
Junction | Commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture,commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch; link; miter mortise. |
Braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase; graft, ingraft, | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Miter |
| English words defined with "miter": bishop's cap ♦ Franking ♦ miter box, Miter dovetail, Miter gauge, miterwort, mitre box, mitrewort, Mitriform ♦ Unmitre. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "miter": ASSEMBLER-AND-GLUER, LAMINATED PLASTICS, assembler-crimper ♦ BULLET-SLUG-CASTING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ combination-saw operator, CUT-OFF SAW TENDER, METAL, cutting-table operator ♦ DOUBLE-END-TRIMMER-AND-BORING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ flower cutter, FOOT-MITER OPERATOR ♦ glassware engraver ♦ hand-miter operator, HOSE CUTTER, MACHINE, HOSE-COUPLING JOINER ♦ installer, molding and trim ♦ LABORER, GENERAL ♦ machine-casting operator and adjuster, miter cutter ♦ PIPE COVERER AND INSULATOR ♦ SAW OPERATOR, SAWYER, CORK SLABS, SCREEN MAKER, STENCIL CUTTER ♦ universal-saw operator ♦ VARIETY-SAW OPERATOR ♦ wheel engraver. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "miter": mitral. (references) |
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Consumer Goods |
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| "Chop Saw 1" by Dan Mulligan Commentary: "Close up of Dewalt compound miter saw." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
Expressions using "miter": miter box ♦ Miter dovetail ♦ Miter gauge ♦ miter joint ♦ miter mortise ♦ miter mushroom ♦ Miter shell ♦ Miter square ♦ Miter wheels. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "miter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | تاج الاسقف. (various references) | |
Chinese | 主教 (Bishop, Diocesan, Episcopal, Episcopalian, miters, mitre). (various references) | |
Danish | skaer (centaury, cutting edge, glints, mitre, ploughshare, plow share, share, sheen). (various references) | |
Dutch | mijter (mitre), mijter (mitre), mýter (mitre), stralenslijpsel (mitre), radiaalsnit (mitre). (various references) | |
Esperanto | mitro (mitre). (various references) | |
Finnish | viisteleikkaus (mitre), viistehionta (mitre). (various references) | |
French | mitre (mitre), biseau (mitre). (various references) | |
German | Mitra (mitre), gehren (Gore). (various references) | |
Greek | μπιζουτάρισμα (bevel, mitre, sloped edge), λοξοτομή (angle of preparation, bevel angle, border, mitre). (various references) | |
Hungarian | püspöksüveg (mitre). (various references) | |
Italian | mitra (mitre, tommy gun), intaglio a V (mitre), intaglio a cuneo (mitre). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 主教冠 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅきょうかん. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itermay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mitra (mithras, mitre). (various references) | |
Romanian | roatã dinţatã conicã, îmbinare în unghi ascuţit. (various references) | |
Russian | скашивать митра;скос (mitre). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mitra (mitre). (various references) | |
Spanish | mitra (Mithras, mitre). (various references) | |
Swedish | skär (clean, edge, immaculate, incarnate, notch, pink, pure, rocky islet, skerry, stride). (various references) | |
Thai | หมวกที่พระใส่ (mitre). (various references) | |
Turkish | piskoposluk tacı (mitre), gönye (miter joint, mitre, rule, setsquare, Square, t square), açıölçer (goniometer, mitre, protractor). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | єпископський сан (mitre), митра (mitre), зріз (mitre), присвоювати сан єпископа (mitre). (various references) | |
Welsh | meitr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | mitra. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epiqhseiV thn mitran epi thn kefalhn autou kai epiqhseiV to petalon to agiasma epi thn mitran |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et pones tiaram in capite eius et lamminam sanctam super tiaram |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thow shalt putte a coyif in to his heed, and the holi plate vpon the coyif, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And put the mitre vppo his heed and put the holy crowne vpon the mytre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And thou shalt put the miter upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the miter. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And let the head-dress be placed on his head and the holy crown on the head-dress. |
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| Language | Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ug ibutang mo ang mitra sa ibabaw sa iyang ulo, ug ibutang mo sa ibabaw sa mitra ang purongpurong nga balaan. |
| Chinese | 把 冠 冕 戴 在 他 頭 上 、 將 聖 冠 加 在 冠 冕 上 。 |
| Croatian | Ustakni mu mitru na glavu; na mitru stavi sveti vijenac. |
| Danish | Læg Hovedklædet om hans Hoved og fæst det hellige Diadem på Hovedklædet. |
| Dutch | En gij zult den hoed op zijn hoofd zetten; de kroon der heiligheid zult gij aan den hoed zetten. |
| Finnish | Pane myös käärelakki hänen päähänsä ja kiinnitä pyhä otsalehti käärelakkiin. |
| French | Tu poseras la tiare sur sa tête, et tu placeras le diadème de sainteté sur la tiare. |
| German | und den Hut auf sein Haupt setzen und die heilige Krone an den Hut. |
| Haitian Creole | W'a mete mouchwa a nan tèt li. W'a mare plak ki make Apa pou Seyè a, sou mouchwa a. |
| Hungarian | Tedd a süveget is fejére, és a szent koronát tedd a süvegre. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Taruhlah serban di kepalanya dan sematkan pada serban itu hiasan emas dengan ukiran 'Dikhususkan untuk TUHAN'. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan taruhlah kulah itu di atas kepalanya dan bubuhlah jamang kesucian itu pada kulahnya. |
| Italian | gli porrai sul capo il turbante e fisserai il diadema sacro sopra il turbante. |
| Maori | A ka potae i tona matenga ki te potae tohunga, ka whakanoho ano i te karauna tapu ki runga ki te potae. |
| Norwegian | Og sette huen på hans hode Og feste det hellige hodesmykke på huen. |
| Portuguese | e pôr-lhe-ás a mitra na cabeça; e sobre a mitra porás a coroa de santidade; |
| Rumanian | Sq -i pui mitra pe cap, wi pe mitrq sq pui tabla sfinyeniei. |
| Russian | Й ЧПЪМПЦЙ ЕНХ ОБ ЗПМПЧХ ЛЙДБТ Й ХЛТЕРЙ ДЙБДЙНХ УЧСФЩОЙ ОБ ЛЙДБТЕ; |
| Spanish | Pondrás el turbante sobre su cabeza, y sobre el turbante pondrás la diadema sagrada. |
| Swedish | Och du skall sätta huvudbindeln på hans huvud och fästa det heliga diademet på huvudbindeln. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "miter": mitered, miterer, miterers, mitering, miters, miterwort, miterworts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "miter": delimiter, dynamiter, limiter, scimiter, smiter, unmiter, vomiter. (additional references) | |
Words containing "miter": delimiters, dynamiters, limiters, scimiters, semiterrestrial, smiters, unmitered, unmitering, unmiters, vomiters. (additional references) | |
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"Miter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amiter, Imtec, Imtfe, mafer, Maitrey, matar, mateir, Matera, matre, Mcteer, Mcturk, meater, mehter, melter, merter, metar, meuter, miaer, micer, midtour, mier, miet, Mifta, miger, mihte, miker, Mimtec, mirer, miret, mita, mitae, Mitar, Mitau, Miteb, mitek, mitex, mitey, mither, miti, mito, mitor, mitren, mitrer, mitret, Mittag, mitte, mittel, mitter, mittere, Mitze, Mitzel, mixta, mizer, Mlita, motar, moter, motter, mtr, myer, myter, ziter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "miter" (pronounced mī"ter) |
| 4 | m ī" t er | mitre. |
| 3 | -ī" t er | biter, brighter, fighter, lighter, overnighter, Righter, tighter, whiter, writer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: merit, mitre, remit, timer. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-r-t" | |
-1 letter: emir, emit, item, mire, mite, rime, rite, term, tier, time, tire, trim. | |
-2 letters: ire, met, mir, rei, rem, ret, rim, tie. | |
-3 letters: em, er, et, it, me, mi, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-r-t" | |
+1 letter: hermit, imaret, iterum, merits, metier, metric, milter, minter, mister, miters, mither, mitier, mitred, mitres, permit, reemit, remint, remits, remixt, retime, retrim, smiter, timber, timbre, timers, trimer. | |
+2 letters: airtime, amirate, demerit, dimeter, emerita, emeriti, emirate, emitter, emptier, eremite, erotism, firmest, hermits, imarets, imbrute, imprest, imputer, interim, limiter, maestri, maltier, marlite, marmite, meatier, merited, metiers, metrics, metrify, metring, metrist, midterm, migrate, milters, miltier, minaret, minster, minters, mintier, minuter, miriest, mirkest, misrate, misterm, misters, mistier, mitered, miterer, mithers, mixture, moister, mortice, mortise, mothier, motlier, muriate, mustier, mythier, omitter, permits, premixt, pretrim, primate, ragtime, raiment, readmit, reemits, remints, retimed, retimes, retrims, rimiest, smartie, smiters, terbium, terming, termini, termite, thermic, thymier, timbers, timbrel, timbres, timider, trimers, trimmed, trimmer, trireme, triseme, trisome, unmiter, unmitre, vitamer, vomiter, wartime. | |
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