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MORTISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does mortise mean?

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

1. a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint

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

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

1. cut a hole for a tenon in
2. join by a tenon and mortise

Familiarity information: MORTISE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MORTISE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mortice; mortise

Hypernyms ("mortise" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Holonyms ("mortise" is a part of...):

mortise joint; mortise-and-tenon joint (a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other)

• MORTISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cut a hole for a tenon in

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mortice; mortise

Hypernyms (to "mortise" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

mortise ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Join by a tenon and mortise

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mortice; mortise

Hypernyms (to "mortise" is one way to...):

bring together; join (cause to become joined or linked)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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MORTISE: related words searches

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