mitre
verb/ˈmaɪtə(r)/
/ˈmaɪtər/
(US English miter)
(specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mitre | /ˈmaɪtə(r)/ /ˈmaɪtər/ |
| he / she / it mitres | /ˈmaɪtəz/ /ˈmaɪtərz/ |
| past simple mitred | /ˈmaɪtəd/ /ˈmaɪtərd/ |
| past participle mitred | /ˈmaɪtəd/ /ˈmaɪtərd/ |
| -ing form mitring | /ˈmaɪtərɪŋ/ /ˈmaɪtərɪŋ/ |
- mitre something to join two pieces of wood together with a mitre jointWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek mitra ‘belt or turban’.
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