"mortise" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɔː(ɹ).tɪs/, /ˈmɔː(ɹ).təs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mortise.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mortises [plural]
enPR: môrtĭs, môrtəs Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təs Etymology: From Middle English morteys, from Old French mortaise, from Arabic مُرْتَزّ (murtazz), from اِرْتَزَّ (irtazza). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|morteys}} Middle English morteys, {{der|en|fro|mortaise}} Old French mortaise, {{der|en|ar|مُرْتَزّ}} Arabic مُرْتَزّ (murtazz), {{m|ar|اِرْتَزَّ}} اِرْتَزَّ (irtazza), {{root|en|ar|ر ز ز}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} mortise (plural mortises)
  1. (woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. Categories (topical): Woodworking Translations (a hole for a tenon): жлеб (žleb) [masculine] (Bulgarian), caixa [feminine] (Catalan), 榫眼 (sǔnyǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), dlab [masculine] (Czech), lovi (Finnish), reikä (Finnish), kolo (Finnish), mortaise [feminine] (French), fura [feminine] (Galician), Einsteckschloss [neuter] (German), Zapfenloch [neuter] (German), גֶּרֶז (gerez) [masculine] (Hebrew), שֶׁקַע (sheka) [masculine] (Hebrew), mortezo (Ido), mortasa [feminine] (Italian), ほぞ穴 (hozoana) (Japanese), 枘穴 (hozoana) (alt: ほぞあな) (Japanese), вы́емка (výjemka) [feminine] (Russian), па́з (páz) [masculine] (Russian), гнездо́ (gnezdó) [neuter] (Russian), вы́рез (výrez) [masculine] (Russian), про́резь (prórezʹ) [feminine] (Russian), bakam (Tagalog), aab (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-mortise-en-noun-W-FOGa2v Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking Disambiguation of 'a hole for a tenon': 96 4
  2. Stability; power of adhesion.
    Sense id: en-mortise-en-noun-zEKKMi7I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mortice Derived forms: mortise-and-tenon joint, mortise gear, mortise lock, mortise wheel, stub mortise

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmɔː(ɹ).tɪs/, /ˈmɔː(ɹ).təs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mortise.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mortises [present, singular, third-person], mortising [participle, present], mortised [participle, past], mortised [past]
enPR: môrtĭs, môrtəs Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təs Etymology: From Middle English morteys, from Old French mortaise, from Arabic مُرْتَزّ (murtazz), from اِرْتَزَّ (irtazza). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|morteys}} Middle English morteys, {{der|en|fro|mortaise}} Old French mortaise, {{der|en|ar|مُرْتَزّ}} Arabic مُرْتَزّ (murtazz), {{m|ar|اِرْتَزَّ}} اِرْتَزَّ (irtazza), {{root|en|ar|ر ز ز}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} mortise (third-person singular simple present mortises, present participle mortising, simple past and past participle mortised)
  1. (transitive, woodworking) To cut a mortise in. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Woodworking
    Sense id: en-mortise-en-verb-GKtZa3g5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 5 37 21 13 Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking
  2. (transitive, woodworking) To join by a mortise and tenon. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Woodworking
    Sense id: en-mortise-en-verb-QL6n5n8Y Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking
  3. (typography) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern. Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-mortise-en-verb-ZPw~rHLh Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mortice

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2016 September 6, A Little Book of Woodworking Joints - Including Dovetailing, Mortise-and-Tenon and Mitred Joints, 2nd edition (paperback), Read Books Limited",
          "text": "If there is much gauging for the same size mortise and tenon to be done, and if a mortise gauge is not handy, a simple improvised gauge for the purpose can easily be made with two pieces of wood and four or five steel sprigs…",
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        "(woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint."
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        "business",
        "carpentry",
        "construction",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "manufacturing",
        "woodworking"
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      "glosses": [
        "Stability; power of adhesion."
      ],
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          "stability"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɔː(ɹ).tɪs/"
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)təs"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "enpr": "môrtĭs, môrtəs"
    }
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      "word": "mortice"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žleb",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жлеб"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caixa"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sǔnyǎn",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "word": "榫眼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dlab"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "word": "lovi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "word": "reikä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "word": "kolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mortaise"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fura"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Einsteckschloss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zapfenloch"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gerez",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גֶּרֶז"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sheka",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שֶׁקַע"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "word": "mortezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mortasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hozoana",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "word": "ほぞ穴"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほぞあな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hozoana",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "word": "枘穴"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výjemka",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́емка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "páz",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnezdó",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "гнездо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́рез"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prórezʹ",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "про́резь"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "word": "bakam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a hole for a tenon",
      "word": "aab"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mortise"
}

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
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      "form": "mortised",
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        "To join by a mortise and tenon."
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        "(transitive, woodworking) To join by a mortise and tenon."
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        "carpentry",
        "construction",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "manufacturing",
        "woodworking"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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        "To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern."
      ],
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        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
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          "kern",
          "kern"
        ]
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        "(typography) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern."
      ],
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        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɔː(ɹ).tɪs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔː(ɹ).təs/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)təs"
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      "word": "mortice"
    }
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}

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