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mittens

mittens is the plural of mitten.

mittens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mitten.

Meaning of mitten

Noun

mitten (plural mittens)

  1. A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
  2. The paw of a cat or dog that is of a different color from the main body.
    Synonyms:
    sock
  3. (colloquial, dated) A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.
    • to give someone the mitten; to get the mitten
  4. (in plural, slang) A boxing glove.

See all 7 meanings of mitten

Proper noun capitalized: Mittens

Mittens

  1. A given name for a cat.

Origin of mittens

From mittens (“a cat’s paws that are a different colour from the main body”).

Phrases with mittens

Questions about mittens

What does mittens mean?
Mittens means a given name for a cat.
What is mittens the plural of?
Mittens is the plural of mitten.
What part of speech is mittens?
Mittens is a proper noun.

Words near mittens in the dictionary

  1. mittenfuls
  2. mittening
  3. mittenless
  4. mittenlike
  5. Mittenpunkt
  6. mittens
  7. mittensful
  8. mittent
  9. Mittenwald
  10. mitter
  11. Mitterrandian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mittens (page history and authors); Mittens (page history and authors); mitten (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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