About The Word Tenon
Learn about the word Tenon to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Tenon definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Tenon
| Tenon Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Tenon?
[n] a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tenon: Related Terms | Find terms related to Tenon: See Also | mortise joint | mortise-and-tenon joint | projection Tenon In Webster's Dictionary \Ten"on\, n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.]
(Carp. & Join.)
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}.
{Tenon saw}, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a
brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly
written {tenant saw}.] --Gwilt.
\Ten"on\, v. t. To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Caesalpinia gilliesii ‐ a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers;…
- Minestrone ‐ soup made with a variety of…
- Shuddering ‐ shaking convulsively or…
- Synonymously ‐ in a synonymous manner; "the two terms are used…
- Permeative ‐ spreading throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures…
- Hdtv ‐ a television system that has more than the usual number of lines…
- Shopping ‐ searching for or buying goods or services; "went shopping for…
- Rattlepated ‐ lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas";…
- Kamba ‐ a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba…
- Kv ‐ a unit of potential equal to a…