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MORTISE

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 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 jointplay

  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 inplay

2. join by a tenon and mortiseplay

  Familiarity information: MORTISE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MORTISE (noun)


Sense 1

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

Derivation:

mortise (join by a tenon and mortise)

mortise (cut a hole for a tenon in)


MORTISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they mortise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it mortises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: mortised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: mortised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: mortising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

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

Derivation:

mortise (a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint)


Sense 2

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...):

join (cause to become joined or linked)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mortise (a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint)


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