RABBET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rabbet mean? 

• RABBET (noun)
  The noun RABBET has 1 sense:

1. a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

  Familiarity information: RABBET used as a noun is very rare.

• RABBET (verb)
  The verb RABBET has 2 senses:

1. join with a rabbet joint

2. cut a rectangular groove into

  Familiarity information: RABBET used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RABBET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rabbet; rebate

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)

• RABBET (verb)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)