tenon

Speech parts

1. tenon - Noun

2. tenon - Verb

Meaning

A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk.

To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bur pud caulk square spike interlock calk join joint correspond conform coincide unite accord tally
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Antonyms

cleave fork separate dispute counter resist
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Hypernyms

projection

Phrases with the word

mortice and tenon Tenon's capsule mortise and tenon blind mortise and tenon tenon and mortise tusk tenon

Anagrams

nonet tonne tenno Enton

Examples

Early Egyptians also knew how to fasten the planks of this ship together with mortise and tenon joints. Source: Internet

The joints between sections consist of a tenon fitting into a socket; the tenons are wrapped in either cork or string as a seal against air leaks. Source: Internet

There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a metal tenon that would have supported the separately carved right arm. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tenography tenolysis tenomodulin tenon and mortise tenon saw Tenon's capsule