Word: mortises

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Synonyms: mortises

mortice

Translations: mortises

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spanish
Translations:
mortajas, muescas, cajeados, las mortajas, muescas de
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german
Translations:
verzapft, Zapfenlöcher, Nuten, Zapfenlöchern, Zapfen
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french
Translations:
mortaises, des mortaises, les mortaises, de mortaises, mortaise
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italian
Translations:
cave, mortase, mortasare, calette, le mortase
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portuguese
Translations:
encaixes, entalhes
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dutch
Translations:
tapgaten, insteeksloten, pengaten
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russian
Translations:
пазы
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norwegian
Translations:
tapp
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swedish
Translations:
tapphål, tapphålen
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turkish
Translations:
zıvana, zıvana delikleri, zıvana delikleri ve
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greek
Translations:
εντορμίες, εγκοπές, εντορμίας, δι εντορμίας
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ukrainian
Translations:
пази
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belarusian
Translations:
пазы
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estonian
Translations:
tapipesadesse
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croatian
Translations:
gnijezda
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lithuanian
Translations:
darymas, išpjovose

The meaning and "use of": mortises

noun
  • a hole or recess cut into a part, designed to receive a corresponding projection (a tenon) on another part so as to join or lock the parts together. - With an octagonal cross section, the frame of the pagoda is completely made of wooden parts solidly linked by many mortises and tenons held together by a sophisticated system of brackets, in 54 different varieties.
verb
  • join securely by using a mortise and tenon. - Helping to compensate for this are the joined struts that are mortised and tenoned to both the joists and rafters, in effect converting each rafter-joist pair into what might be described as the most primitive form of truss.

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