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

1. transitive verb. To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
2. transitive verb. To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. Same as Rabbet joint, below.
5. noun. a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

   Synonyms: rebate

6. verb. cut a rectangular groove into
7. verb. join with a rabbet joint

Synonyms

rebate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rabbet:

barbet, tabber

Common word forms

rabbets, rabbeted, rabbeting

Words from these letters

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