Words Like TENON
    
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            1 Alternative Words Similar to tenon
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 definitions of tenon
           
        
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        A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. tooth, tusk.
    
    
    
 
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        To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
    
    
    
 
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        a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint
    
    
    
 
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        A projection on the end of a piece of wood shaped for insertion into a mortise to make a joint.
    
    
    
 
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        To provide with a tenon.
    
    
    
 
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        A portion of a block of stone from which a work of sculpture is cut, allowed to remain as a temporary or permanent support.
    
    
    
 
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        The projecting end of a piece of wood or other material fitted for insertion into a corresponding cavity or mortise in another piece, in order to form a secure joint. See cuts under breechpin, dovetail, and mortise.
    
    
    
 
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        To fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
    
    
    
 
    10
    
        To join by or as by a tenon.