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mitten

[ mit-n ]

noun

  1. a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.


mitten

/ ˈmɪtən /

noun

  1. a glove having one section for the thumb and a single section for the other fingers Sometimes shortened tomitt
  2. slang.
    a boxing glove
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • mitten·like adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mitten1

1350–1400; Middle English miteyn < Middle French, Old French mitaine, equivalent to mite mitten (< ?) + -aine -an
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mitten1

C14: from Old French mitaine, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

He was told to buy a warm jacket, get mittens and thermal underwear.

It was so cold that the instant I stepped inside — wearing a face mask, earmuffs and mittens for protection — ice crystals began to form on my nose and snowflakes fell from the ceiling.

In molecules, chirality can make biological or chemical units exist in two versions that cannot be perfectly matched, as in a left and right mitten.

“I love hearing him complain about how cold it is. Someone should knit him a little pair of mittens to wear into court.”

Besides things like tunics and mittens and shoes, the researchers found wooden tools and boxes.

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