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Mitre

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmaɪtəɹ

Definitions

  1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.
  2. A locality in the Rural City of Horsham and the Shire of West Wimmera, western Victoria, Australia.
  3. The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
  4. A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
  5. A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
  6. A gusset in sewing, etc.
  7. A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
  8. A mitre shell

Equivalents

Españolmitra
Françaismitrémitre
23 more languages
العربيةالقلّوسة
Češtinamitra
Cymraegmeitr
Ελληνικάμίτρα
Esperantomitro
Հայերենխույր
Italianomitramitre
日本語ミトラ
ქართულიმიტრა
한국어주교관
Latinamitra
Latviešumitra
Македонскимитра
Nederlandsmijter
Portuguêsmitra
Românămitră
Русскиймитра
Slovenčinamitra
Svenskamitra

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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