Dictionary Entry
rabbet
rabbet is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
- 2transitive verb
To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
- 3noun
A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
- 4noun
Same as Rabbet joint, below.
- 5noun
a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
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- 6verb
cut a rectangular groove into
- 7verb
join with a rabbet joint
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