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MORTISE-AND-TENON JOINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other
Synonyms:
mortise-and-tenon joint; mortise joint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mortise-and-tenon joint" is a kind of...):
joint (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)
Meronyms (parts of "mortise-and-tenon joint"):
mortice; mortise (a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint)
tenon (a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mortise-and-tenon joint"):
dovetail; dovetail joint (a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises)
tongue and groove joint (a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board)
