MORTICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mortice mean? 

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

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

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

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

1. cut a hole for a tenon in

2. join by a tenon and mortise

  Familiarity information: MORTICE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORTICE (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 ("mortice" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Holonyms ("mortice" 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:

mortice (join by a tenon and mortise)

mortice (cut a hole for a tenon in)

• MORTICE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mortice    ... he / she / it mortices   
Past simple: morticed   
Past participle: morticed   
-ing form: morticing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut a hole for a tenon in

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mortice; mortise

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

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mortice (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 "mortice" is one way to...):

join (cause to become joined or linked)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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