dovetail joint

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   a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises

   Synonymsdovetail

   Broadermortise joint

Questions about dovetail joint

What does dovetail joint mean?

dovetail joint means "a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises".

What is another word for dovetail joint?

Close synonyms include dovetail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dovetail joint a common word?

dovetail joint is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.