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

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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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