noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The carpenter carefully shaped the tenons on the table legs so they would fit snugly into the mortises in the tabletop frame. " architecture material part building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make into a tenon. Examples : "The carpenter tenoned the wooden beams together to build the sturdy bookshelf. " architecture technical building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fit with tenons. Examples : "The carpenter will tenons the table legs to the tabletop tomorrow. " architecture building structure technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading