Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: mortise  mor-tis
  1. A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
    - mortice
Verb: mortise  mor-tis
  1. Cut a hole for a tenon in
    - mortice
     
  2. Join by a tenon and mortise
    - mortice

Derived forms: mortising, mortised, mortises

Type of: bring together, cut, hole, join

Part of: mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint

Encyclopedia: Mortise

Nearest

mortgagee
mortgager
mortgagor
mortice
mortician
mortification
mortified
mortify
mortifying
Mortimer
mortise
mortise joint
mortise-and-tenon joint
mortmain
Morton
mortuary
morula
Morus
Morus alba
Morus nigra
Morus rubra