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mitre joint

noun

a corner joint formed between two pieces of material, esp wood, by cutting bevels of equal angles at the ends of each pieceSometimes shortened to: mitre

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mitralization, mitre, mitre block, mitre box, mitre gear, mitre joint, mitre square, mitre, bartolomé, mitrewort, mitriform, mitropoulos
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