tenon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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
  1. To make into a tenon.
  2. To fit with tenons.
name
  1. A surname from French.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-tenon.wav

Word forms

tenon tenons tenoning tenoned

Etymology

From Middle English tenoun, tenown, tenon, from Anglo-Norman tenoun, from Old French tenon.

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