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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mortise has 1 sense
- mortise(n = noun.artifact) mortice - a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint; Array is a kind of hole
is a part of mortise-and-tenon joint, mortise joint
Derived forms verb mortise2, verb mortise1
Verb mortise has 2 senses
- mortise(v = verb.contact) mortice - cut a hole for a tenon in; Array is one way to cut
- mortise(v = verb.contact) mortice - join by a tenon and mortise; Array is one way to bring together, join
Derived form noun mortise1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun mortise1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
mortise, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.].
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 . [1913 Webster]
mortise, v. t.
- To cut or make a mortise in. [1913 Webster]
- To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mortise, n. & v. (also mortice)
--n. a hole in a framework designed to receive the end of another part, esp. a tenon.
--v.tr.
1 join securely, esp. by mortise and tenon.
2 cut a mortise in.
--n. a hole in a framework designed to receive the end of another part, esp. a tenon.
--v.tr.
1 join securely, esp. by mortise and tenon.
2 cut a mortise in.
Idiom
mortise lock a lock recessed into a mortise in the frame of a door or window etc.
Etymology
ME f. OF mortoise f. Arab. murtazz fixed in
THESAURUS
mortise
ankle, articulate, articulation, batten, batten down, bolt, boundary, buckle, butt, button, cervix, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, closure, coact, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, cooperate, coupling, dovetail, elbow, embrace, engage, gliding joint, hasp, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hitch, hook, interact, interchange, interface, interlace, intermesh, interplay, intertwine, interweave, interwork, jam, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, latch, link, lock, mesh, miter, nail, neck, peg, pin, pivot, pivot joint, rabbet, rivet, scarf, screw, seam, sew, shoulder, skewer, snap, staple, stick, stitch, suture, symphysis, tack, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, union, wedge, weld, wrist, zipperROGET THESAURUS
mortise
Printing
VB print, compose, put to press, go to press, pass through the press, see through the press, publish, bring out, appear in print, rush into print, distribute, makeup, mortise, offset, overrun, rout.Junction
VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.Crossing
N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.Interposition
VB lie between, come between, get between, intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate, put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in, interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in, let in, dovetail, splice, mortise, insinuate, smuggle, infiltrate, ingrain, interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in, intrude, obtrude, have a finger in the pie, introduce the thin end of the wedge, thrust in.
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