miter

1. 1.

   bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint

   Broaderbevel
2. 2.

   confer a miter on (a bishop)

   Broaderconfer
3. 3.

   fit together in a miter joint

   Broaderjoin

Other forms of miter

plural

miters·

past tense

miterred·

present participle

miterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about miter

What does miter mean?

miter means "joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in miter?

miter has 2 syllables: mi-ter. The stress falls on "mi". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪtɚ/.

What is another word for miter?

Close synonyms include miter joint, mitre joint, mitre, mitre, mitre. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is miter a common word?

miter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.