Word
Mortise
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
mor-tise
Definition
- n. - A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to
receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and
called a tenon.
- v. t. - To cut or make a mortisein.
- v. t. - To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to
mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.
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