mitre

Other forms of mitre

plural

mitres·

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 mitre

What does mitre mean?

mitre 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 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mitre?

mitre has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈmɪtɹi/.

What is another word for mitre?

Close synonyms include miter joint, mitre joint, miter, miter, miter. 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 mitre a common word?

mitre 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.