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# mitten

noun (a mitten, mittens)

«mitten» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A mitten is a glove that covers the four fingers together in one part and the thumb in a separate part. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/#m1)
2. An oven mitt or oven mitten is a thick padded glove for holding hot pans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories, children wear mittens in the snow; they are warmer than gloves because the fingers stay together. In maths, pairs of mittens are used for counting in twos: 7 pairs is 14 mittens. Phrases: a pair of mittens, oven mitt.

### Examples

- I wore my woolly mittens to build a snowman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/#x1)
- Mittens are warmer than gloves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/#x2)
- Little Tom lost one of his mittens in the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/#x3)
- 5 children each have a pair of mittens, so there are 10 mittens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/#x4)
- Use the oven mitt to take out the hot tray. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/#x5)
- Grandma knitted me red mittens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/#x6)
- However, you shall not be frozen for the want of it; here are my mother's large warm mittens; they will reach up to your elbows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/#x7)

### Note

Countable; usually in pairs: "a pair of mittens". Short form: mitt. A glove has separate fingers; a mitten does not.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mitten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mitten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mitten.html) on Mova free.