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mitt

mitt

21 1.8
A warm glove that keeps the fingers together and has a thumb
  • noun
  • /mɪt/
  • US
translation icon : manopla
  • Don't forget about the mitt.
  • oven mitts
  • wear mitts
  • padded mitts

Let's see, we have over here oven mitts, egg beater, cupcake icing knife.

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Examples

  • The cooler weather has reminded me that I need to replace the mitts that I lost last year.

    Blog text (23)
  • Where did my mitt go?

  • I used to put an oven mitt on my hand.

  • You might just wanna throw an oven mitt or something on there.

  • Go on, go get your mitt, you left it on the front lawn again.

  • The old man helps the boy put on a pair of padded leather mitts.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Oven mitts!

  • With oven mitts, she lifts Mocha from the rack and places him on the crystal.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I labeled everything, rollers, oven mitts, dishtowel, and I painted them kind of loose and fun.

  • She put on an oven mitt to safely remove the hot dish from the oven.

Synonyms

mitten
vsmitt
36 1.0

A glove with a thumb part and one part for the other four fingers

is the shorter informal form used instead of the longer form

Compounds

A large padded glove that players use to catch baseballs

4.4

A soft glove used with soap to wash and scrub the body

A glove of rough cloth that you use to wash and scrub the skin in the shower

How Warm

mitt
  • US
21 1.8
glove
880 1.0

Surface Forms

mitt singular
mitts plural

Etymology

Mitt comes from mitten, the name for a simple 'glove' that keeps the fingers together. That's why a mitt is a single covering for your hand used for warmth or protection.