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mitre box

mitre box noun: a wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts, usually 45° and 90° mitre cuts. The mitre boxes are made of wood or plastic.

mitre box: a wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts, usually 45°...
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Noun

mitre box (plural mitre boxes)

  1. A wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts, usually 45° and 90° mitre cuts. The mitre boxes are made of wood or plastic.

Forms of mitre box

pluralmitre boxes
alternative formmiter box

Questions about mitre box

What does mitre box mean?
Mitre box means a wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts, usually 45° and 90° mitre cuts. The mitre boxes are made of wood or plastic.
What part of speech is mitre box?
Mitre box is a noun.
What is the plural of mitre box?
The plural of mitre box is mitre boxes.

Words near mitre box in the dictionary

  1. mitratapide
  2. mitrate
  3. mitrates
  4. mitrazepine
  5. mitre
  6. mitre box
  7. mitre boxes
  8. mitre joint
  9. mitre joints
  10. mitre line
  11. mitre lines

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