noun🔗ShareA 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."The carpenter carefully shaped the tenons on the table legs so they would fit snugly into the mortises in the tabletop frame. "architecturematerialpartbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make into a tenon."The carpenter tenoned the wooden beams together to build the sturdy bookshelf. "architecturetechnicalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fit with tenons."The carpenter will tenons the table legs to the tabletop tomorrow. "architecturebuildingstructuretechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
