9 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Mortice and tenon joint
Mortice and tenon joint
A joint where a hole or slot known as a mortice (a) is formed in a piece of lumber to receive the reduced end of similar size or tenon (b) from another piece. The joint is often secured with wedges, dowels or steel plates.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Building materials
- Category: Lumber
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Literature Category: Novels
Don Quixote
Don Quixote (complete title "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha") is a novel written by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Capacitors(290)
- Resistors(152)
- Switches(102)
- LCD Panels(47)
- Power sources(7)
- Connectors(7)
Electronic components(619) Terms
- Algorithms & data structures(1125)
- Cryptography(11)
Computer science(1136) Terms
- Electricity(962)
- Gas(53)
- Sewage(2)
Utilities(1017) Terms
- General law(5868)
- Courts(823)
- Patent & trademark(449)
- DNA forensics(434)
- Family law(220)
- Legal aid (criminal)(82)
Legal services(8095) Terms
- Economics(2399)
- International economics(1257)
- International trade(355)
- Forex(77)
- Ecommerce(21)
- Economic standardization(2)