mortise

[US]/'mɔːtɪs/
[UK]/'mɔrtɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. join securely by means of a mortise
n. a hole or recess cut into a piece of wood for receiving a tenon and forming a joint
Word Forms
Past Tensemortised
Present Participlemortising
Past Participlemortised
Third Person Singularmortises
Pluralmortises

Phrases & Collocations

mortise joint

mortise and tenon

mortise chisel

mortise lock

mortise machine

mortise gauge

tenon and mortise

Example Sentences

to join by a tenon and mortise

a mortise-and-tenon joint; flexible joints.

This paper focuses on the design method of firtree tenon/mortise, the three-tooth firtree joint model is established with parametric method by UG software.

Door Lock Mortiser In order to mortise in wooden door, panel and board easily, We introduced advanc...

But their surfaces bear witness to homely labor: Topping the tallest stone, once part of a trilithon, is a tenon—half of a mortise-and-tenon joint borrowed from woodworking.

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