mitt

Catcher's hand cover

A mitt is a type of glove, especially one with a single compartment for the four fingers together: oven mitt, catcher's mitt.

In baseball, the catcher and first baseman wear mitts rather than fingered gloves.

Informally, mitts are hands: Keep your mitts off my stuff.

The word is a shortened form of mitten.

baseball

glove

Fitted hand covering

Wilson · leather · pocket · webbing · lacing · breaking in · infield · outfield · pop fly · line drive

catching

catch

Seize or snag

  • snagUnforeseen complication
  • grabSeize abruptly
  • trapDevice for catching animals

secure · reception · scoop · pluck · basket catch · snow cone · web · pocket · squeeze · cradle

winter

wool

Sheared animal fiber

knit · cozy · warm · lined · cuff · ski · snowball · frostbite · fingers · thumbhole

oven

potholder

Insulated kitchen hand pad

silicone · baking · cook · hot pad · grip · handle · casserole · roasting · pan · tray

boxing

glove

Fitted hand covering

punch · padded · lace-up · training · fighter · ringside · knockout · jab · hook · uppercut

Categories
Opposites
hand covering design

mittglove

Fitted hand covering

driving gloves · surgical gloves · latex gloves · leather gloves · batting gloves

hand exposure/protection

mittbare hand

Hand without covering

bare hands

CATCHING/RECEIVING VS. RELEASING/THROWING (baseball context)

mittball

Spherical plaything or gala

baseball · bat

Phrases
Family

mitten, mittens, mitts

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G