tenon
Meanings
noun
- 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.
verb
- To make into a tenon.
- To fit with tenons.
name
- A surname from French.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English tenoun, tenown, tenon, from Anglo-Norman tenoun, from Old French tenon.
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