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tenon

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.ən/

The English word “tenon” has 3 meanings listed here.

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.

Etymology

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

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