tenon
tenon is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- transitive verb. To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
- noun. a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint
Anagrams
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Common word forms
tenons, tenoned, tenoner, tenoning
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