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MORTISE 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 joint" is a kind of...):
joint (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)
Meronyms (parts of "mortise 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 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
Synonyms:
ankle; ankle joint; articulatio talocruralis; mortise joint
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mortise joint" is a kind of...):
articulatio plana; gliding joint (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)
Meronyms (parts of "mortise joint"):
anklebone; astragal; astragalus; talus (the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint)
Holonyms ("mortise joint" is a part of...):
leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)
