MORTISE-AND-TENON JOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mortise-and-tenon joint mean? 

• MORTISE-AND-TENON JOINT (noun)
  The noun MORTISE-AND-TENON JOINT has 1 sense:

1. a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other

  Familiarity information: MORTISE-AND-TENON JOINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORTISE-AND-TENON JOINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mortise-and-tenon joint; mortise joint

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)