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butment cheek

butment cheek noun: the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.

Noun

butment cheek (plural butment cheeks)

  1. The part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.

Forms of butment cheek

pluralbutment cheeks

Questions about butment cheek

What does butment cheek mean?
Butment cheek means the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.
What part of speech is butment cheek?
Butment cheek is a noun.
What is the plural of butment cheek?
The plural of butment cheek is butment cheeks.

Words near butment cheek in the dictionary

  1. butles
  2. Butlin
  3. Butlinesque
  4. butling
  5. butment
  6. butment cheek
  7. butment cheeks
  8. butments
  9. Butnan
  10. Butner
  11. Butners

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