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miter

Syllables: mi·terUS/ˈmaɪ.təɹ/

miter is the alternative form of mitre.

Meaning of mitre

Verb

mitre (third-person singular simple present mitres, present participle mitring, simple past and past participle mitred)

  1. (Commonwealth) To adorn with a mitre.
  2. (Commonwealth) To unite at an angle of 45°.
    • The bartizans have each a peculiar angle shaft on the outer face, which mitres into the string-course at bottom, and probably supported a shield with coat of arms or a crest or other ornament rising above the parapet1887, David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross., The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century

See all 10 meanings of mitre

Forms of miter

Verb
third-person singular presentmiters
present participlemitering
past participlemitered
pastmitered
alternative formmitre
Noun
pluralmiters

Words formed from miter

Phrases with miter

Questions about miter

What is miter the alternative form of?
Miter is the alternative form of mitre.
How do you pronounce miter?
Miter is pronounced /ˈmaɪ.təɹ/ (US).

Words near miter in the dictionary

  1. mite boxes
  2. mite cheese
  3. Miteipur
  4. Mitempfindung
  5. miteproof
  6. miter
  7. miter box
  8. miter boxes
  9. miter joint
  10. miter joints
  11. miter line

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Adapted from Wiktionary: miter (page history and authors); mitre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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