mortise

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

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

Traducións

mortaise

Zapfenloch

mortasa

verzapfen

mortaja

encaixe

mortasare

Fuge

Falz

mortasa

verzapfe

verknüpfen

einstemmen

einzapfen

verbinden

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈmɔː(ɹ).tɪs/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: morteys

In summary

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