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mitten

mitten

36 1.0
A glove with a thumb part and one part for the other four fingers
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪtən/
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  • It's really cold tonight, so don't forget your mittens.
  • wear mittens
  • put on mittens
  • a pair of mittens

And they are these little mittens but with Father Christmas on them.

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Examples

  • Emily and Sarah put on their coats and mittens, and turned to go.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • It's weird to see a Canadian without mittens.

  • And they are these little mittens but with Father Christmas on them.

  • Mine says you must wear mittens the whole time.

  • I was making these mittens for him.

  • I ordered these mittens on Amazon for Jackson.

  • Drop the snowballs, kick them away from the snow suits and keep the mittens where I can see them.

  • Her jacket lay in a heap with her mittens in the middle of the dining room floor.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • When the girls were little, I knitted them matching mittens and hats.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • It's really cold tonight, so don't forget your mittens.

Synonyms

mitt
vsmitten
  • US
21 1.8

A warm glove that keeps the fingers together and has a thumb

is the exact technical term for that thumb plus single finger section design

Idioms

9.9

To end a relationship with a boyfriend or girlfriend

Compounds

A glove linked to a murder that may hold evidence

How Warm

mitten
36 1.0
glove
880 1.0

Surface Forms

mitten singular
mittens plural

Etymology

Mitten comes from an old French word mitaine that meant 'glove'. Think of the short English word mitt, which has the same idea, and you can remember a mitten is a hand cover with one thumb and one space for the other fingers to keep your hand warm.