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mitt

/mɪt/noun

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दस्ताना (विशेषकर गरम बर्तन पकड़ने का)

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a thick glove that covers the hand, with one part for the thumb and one for the fingers, especially one used for holding hot dishes

    दस्ताना (विशेषकर गरम बर्तन पकड़ने का)

    • Use an oven mitt to take the tray out.
    • a pair of woollen mitts
    • Wear a mitt when you take the pan off the stove.
    + 2 more examples
    • The baby wore soft mitts to keep her hands warm.
    • She hung the oven mitts on a hook near the stove.

    Synonyms mitten glove

  2. 2

    [C] informal

    a hand

    हाथ (बोलचाल में)

    • Keep your mitts off my food!
    • Get your mitts off that cake until the guests have arrived!
    • Take your mitts off my laptop.
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    • The thief had his dirty mitts on the money.
    • Get your grubby mitts off the walls!
  3. 3

    [C]

    a large leather glove used for catching the ball in baseball

    (बेसबॉल का) चमड़े का दस्ताना

    • a catcher's mitt
    • The baseball catcher caught the ball in his mitt and pointed to the umpire.
    • The fielder lifted his mitt to catch the ball.
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    • He bought a new mitt for his first baseball game.
    • Her glove was an old mitt that her father had given her.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

mitt (padded glove, countable)

A mitt is a thick glove with a separate thumb, used to hold something hot or to protect the hand: an oven mitt.

'Mitt' मोटा दस्ताना है जिसमें अँगूठे के लिए अलग हिस्सा होता है; यह गरम चीज़ पकड़ने या हाथ बचाने के काम आता है, जैसे oven mitt।

  • Use an oven mitt to take the tray out.
  • She wore a thick mitt to hold the hot pan.

mitt (sports glove)

In baseball and some other games, a mitt is the large leather glove used to catch the ball.

बेसबॉल और कुछ अन्य खेलों में 'mitt' गेंद पकड़ने का बड़ा चमड़े का दस्ताना है।

  • The catcher pushed the ball into his mitt.
  • Rohan bought a new baseball mitt in Mumbai.

mitt (informal: hand)

In slang, mitts means hands, often with a humorous or rude tone.

बोलचाल में 'mitts' का अर्थ हाथ है, प्रायः मज़ाक या अशिष्ट लहजे में।

  • Keep your dirty mitts off my notes!
  • He put his big mitts on the cake.

get your mitts on / keep your mitts off

Idiomatic informal phrases: to get hold of something, or to warn someone not to touch.

अनौपचारिक मुहावरे: किसी चीज़ को पा लेना, या किसी को छूने से मना करना।

  • I cannot wait to get my mitts on the new phone.
+Collocations 4

type + mitt

oven mittbaseball mittcatcher's mittboxing mittkitchen mitt

  • The chef hung the oven mitt beside the stove.

verb + mitt

wearslip onusecatch ingrab with

  • He caught the ball in his mitt without moving his feet.

adjective + mitt

paddedleatherheat-proofwornthick

  • A heat-proof mitt saved her fingers from the hot steam.

mitts (informal)

dirty mittsbig mittssticky mittsgreedy mitts

  • Wash those sticky mitts before touching the books.
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  • My mother never takes the pressure cooker off the stove without a mitt.

मेरी माँ बिना mitt के कभी प्रेशर कुकर को चूल्हे से नहीं उतारतीं।

  • The fielder dropped the ball because it hit the edge of his mitt.

क्षेत्ररक्षक ने गेंद गिरा दी क्योंकि वह उसके mitt के किनारे से टकरा गई।

  • She bought a pair of cotton mitts for the tandoor.

उसने तंदूर के लिए सूती mitts की एक जोड़ी खरीदी।

  • Radhika slid her hands into the mitt and lifted the dish.

राधिका ने अपने हाथ mitt में डाले और बर्तन उठा लिया।

  • Boxers wear padded mitts when they practise punches with a coach.

मुक्केबाज़ प्रशिक्षक के साथ मुक्के का अभ्यास करते समय padded mitts पहनते हैं।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Mitt, mitten and glove all cover the hand, but the way they cover the fingers differs.

Mitt, mitten और glove तीनों हाथ को ढकते हैं, पर उँगलियों को ढकने का तरीका अलग है।

mitt

A thick padded cover for holding hot things or catching a ball.

गरम चीज़ पकड़ने या गेंद पकड़ने के लिए मोटा, गद्देदार आवरण।

  • She lifted the pot with a kitchen mitt.

mitten

A warm cover for the hand with one space for the thumb and one for the four fingers together.

सर्दी के लिए गरम दस्ताना, जिसमें अँगूठे के लिए अलग और चारों उँगलियों के लिए साझा स्थान होता है।

  • The baby wore woollen mittens in the cold.

glove

A cover with a separate place for each finger.

हर उँगली के लिए अलग स्थान वाला आवरण।

  • The surgeon put on rubber gloves.