Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   mi·ter

   /ˈmīdər/

   noun

   • 1. a tall headdress worn by bishops and senior abbots as a symbol of office, tapering to a point at front and back with a deep cleft between.
   • ▪ a headdress worn by a Jewish high priest. historical
   • ▪ a headband worn by women in ancient Greece. historical
   • 2. a joint made between two pieces of wood or other material at an angle of 90°, such that the line of junction bisects this angle: "a miter saw"
   • ▪ a diagonal seam of two pieces of fabric that meet at a corner joining.
   • 3. a mollusk of warm seas which has a sharply pointed shell with a narrow aperture, supposedly resembling a bishop's miter.

   verb

   • 1. join by means of a miter: "turn up a double hem, mitering the corners"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek mitra ‘belt or turban’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points