Thesaurus: mitten

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1. n. A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger.
2. n. A cover for the wrist and forearm.
3. n. glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together
4. 1. A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger. Chaucer. 2. A cover for the wrist and forearm. To give the mitten to, to dismiss as a lover; to reject the suit of. [Colloq.] -- To handle without mittens, to treat roughly; to handle without gloves. [Colloq.]
5. n:100 n. glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together