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mitre-joint

mitre-joint is the alternative spelling of miter joint.

Meaning of miter joint

Noun

miter joint (plural miter joints)

  1. (US) A joint between two members at an angle to each other; each member is cut at an angle equal to half the angle of the junction and usually joint at right angles to each other.

Forms of mitre-joint

pluralmitre-joints

Questions about mitre-joint

What is mitre-joint the alternative spelling of?
Mitre-joint is the alternative spelling of miter joint.

Words near mitre-joint in the dictionary

  1. mitre saws
  2. mitre shell
  3. mitre shells
  4. mitre wheel
  5. mitre wheels
  6. mitre-joint
  7. mitre-joints
  8. mitred
  9. mitreless
  10. mitrer
  11. mitrers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mitre-joint (page history and authors); miter joint (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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