mortise

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
2. Stability; power of adhesion.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut a mortise in.
2. (transitive) To join by a mortise and tenon.
3. To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.

Conceptes

encaix

mortasa

mortasar

osca

Sinònims

mortice

groove

slot

connect

couple

👫

dovetail

fit

hole

🕳️

join

joint

link up

miter

nig

notch

rabbet

splice

tenon

tie

piece together

scotch

dapt

bind

mortise hole

bunghole

coalesce

Traduccions

Zapfenloch

mortaise

mortasa

mortaja

verzapfen

encaixe

mortasare

verknüpfen

verbinden

Fuge

Nute

einzapfen

Stemmloch

Einsteckschloss

einstemmen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɔː(ɹ).tɪs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: morteys

In summary

From Middle English morteys, from Old French mortaise, from Arabic مُرْتَزّ (murtazz), from اِرْتَزَّ (irtazza).