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Miter

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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mi=ter

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Miter has 3 senses

miter(n = noun.artifact) miter joint, mitre, mitre joint - joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner; Array

is a kind of joint

Derived form verb miter₃

miter(n = noun.artifact) 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"

is a kind of surface

Derived form verb miter₁

miter(n = noun.artifact) mitre - a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions; Array

is a kind of headdress, headgear

Derived forms verb miter₂, adjective mitral₂

Verb Miter has 3 senses

miter(v = verb.contact) Array - bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint; Array

is one way to

bevel

chamfer

Derived form noun miter₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

miter(v = verb.possession) Array - confer a miter on (a bishop); Array

is one way to

bestow

confer

Derived form noun miter₃

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

miter(v = verb.contact) Array - fit together in a miter joint; Array

is one way to

bring together

join

Derived form noun miter₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Miter, n. [F. mitre, fr. L. mitra headband, turban, Gr. .].

A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by bishops and other church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
A sort of base money or coin. [1913 Webster]

Miter box (Carp. & Print.), an apparatus for guiding a handsaw at the proper angle in making a miter joint; esp., a wooden or metal trough with vertical kerfs in its upright sides, for guides. -- Miter dovetail (Carp.), a kind of dovetail for a miter joint in which there is only one joint line visible, and that at the angle. -- Miter gauge (Carp.), a gauge for determining the angle of a miter. -- Miter joint, a joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc. The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle, such as the edges of a window frame, and the edge of each piece at the point of junction is cut at a 45Miter, 2. -- Miter shell (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells of the genus Mitra. -- Miter square (Carp.), a bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45 -- Miter wheels, a pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted for working together, usually with their axes at right angles.

Miter, v. t.

To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter. Milton. [1913 Webster]
To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to fit together in a miter joint. [1913 Webster]
To bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle. [1913 Webster]

Miter, v. i.

To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Miter, US var. of MITRE.

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THESAURUS

Miter

ankle, articulate, articulation, batten, batten down, bolt, boundary, buckle, butt, button, cervix, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, closure, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, coupling, crook, crosier, dovetail, elbow, embrace, gliding joint, hasp, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hitch, hook, interface, jam, join, joining, joint, juncture, keys, knee, knuckle, latch, link, lock, mortise, nail, neck, pallium, pastoral staff, peg, pin, pivot, pivot joint, rabbet, red hat, ring, rivet, scarf, screw, seam, sew, shoulder, skewer, snap, staple, stick, stitch, suture, symphysis, tack, tiara, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, triple crown, union, wedge, weld, wrist, zipper

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Miter

Junction

VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, 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, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.

Canonicals

N 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.

Angularity

N angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.

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