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RABBET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
Synonyms:
rabbet; rebate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rabbet" is a kind of...):
channel; groove (a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record))
Derivation:
rabbet (cut a rectangular groove into)
rabbet (join with a rabbet joint)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cut a rectangular groove into
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rabbet" is one way to...):
cut out (form and create by cutting out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
rabbet (a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Join with a rabbet joint
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rabbet" is one way to...):
join (cause to become joined or linked)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
rabbet (a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together)
