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bird's mouth

bird's mouth is the alternative form of birdsmouth.

Meaning of birdsmouth

Noun

birdsmouth (plural birdsmouths)

  1. A notch cut into the underside of a rafter to ensure that it does not move when resting on the wall plate running across the top of a wall; a similar notch in other timber components.
    • Support the veneer stack on a ¾-in.-thick board with a narrow V notch cut into one edge. This board is called a birds-mouth, and the V notch provides clearance for the blade while the work is supported for cutting.1994 July, Rosario Capotosto, “Inlay: How to Add Understated Elegance to any Woodworking Project”, in Popular Mechanics, page 68

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Forms of bird's mouth

pluralbirds' mouths

Questions about bird's mouth

What is bird's mouth the alternative form of?
Bird's mouth is the alternative form of birdsmouth.

Words near bird's mouth in the dictionary

  1. bird's beak
  2. bird's eye
  3. bird's eye chili
  4. bird's eye chilis
  5. Bird's Head
  6. bird's mouth
  7. bird's nest
  8. bird's nest cut
  9. bird's nest cuts
  10. bird's nest fungi
  11. bird's nest fungus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bird's mouth (page history and authors); birdsmouth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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