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TONGUE AND GROOVE JOINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tongue and groove joint mean?
• TONGUE AND GROOVE JOINT (noun)
The noun TONGUE AND GROOVE JOINT has 1 sense:
1. a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board
Familiarity information: TONGUE AND GROOVE JOINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TONGUE AND GROOVE JOINT (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tongue and groove joint" is a kind of...):
mortise-and-tenon joint; mortise joint (a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other)
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