mitt

CEFRB1

/mɪt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A glove with one section for the fingers and thumb together.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.

Examples

  • Do you support Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?

  • Mitt Romney is the former governor of Massachusetts.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A mitten

More examples

In context

  • Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!

  • "Give us yer mitts, mate," said Alf. I held my hands out toward him.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The baseball player smoothly caught the fastball with his leather blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Clipping of mitten.