TENON


Meaning of TENON in English

■ noun a projecting piece of wood made for insertion into a mortise in another piece.

■ verb join by means of a ~.

↘cut as a ~.

Derivatives

~er noun

Origin

ME: from Fr., from tenir 'to hold', from L. tenere .

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