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How to use mortise in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, verb

Mortise means a hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. Example: “First we'll tenon this part, then we'll make a mortise that will fit it on that part.”

Examples of mortise by meaning

verbTo join by a mortise and tenon.

  • Sculptures from Mohenjodaro and Tell Asmar in 2400 B.C. show wheels consisting of three pieces of wood mortised together, and bound with leather tyres which were attached with copper nails.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 79

More sentences with mortise

  • First we'll tenon this part, then we'll make a mortise that will fit it on that part.From the entry tenon
  • The mortised joint was very strong.From the entry mortised
  • These systems consisted of a panic-bar-activated headbolt, footbolt, and mortised deadbolt.2008, Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms, page 7-24. From the entry headbolt
  • “The kind you like to see laying out on a mortuary slab rigor mortising before the introduction.”1964, Israel Segal, Out of the Womb, Times Press, page 177. From the entry rigor mortis
  • The frame rails must be firmly mortised into the legs to ensure stability.1901, Frederick Thomas Hodgson, The Practical Cabinet Maker and Furniture Designer, page 212. From the entry frame rail
  • At McCray’s, we had to lift Pa off Flash in the folded position he had rigor mortised to.2017, Albert Bennetti, In a Buffalo Robe, Archway Publishing, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry rigor mortis
  • Fake alarm system on the front wall, single mortise lock on the door, windows that won't shut properly.2000 February 5, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Beyond the Grave”, in Midsomer Murders. From the entry burgle
  • One fragment of pillar had a pommel finial with a mortise, indicating that it once held a metal object, perhaps a cross.2005, Susan T. Stevens, Bir Ftouha: a pilgrimage church complex at Carthage. From the entry pommel
  • As the bolt tightens into the nut, it pulls the tenon on the side rail into the mortise in the bedpost and locks them together.1998, Brian Hingley, Furniture Repair & Refinishing, page 95. From the entry nut
  • With iron posts it is of course impossible to mortise in the starts and they were bolted between two cast-iron plates instead.1973, Industrial Archaeology, page 254. From the entry start

Meaning of mortise

  1. noun A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
  2. noun Stability; power of adhesion.
  3. verb To cut a mortise in.

Full definition of mortise

Questions about mortise in a sentence

How do you use mortise in a sentence?
Mortise is used as a noun and verb. For example: “First we'll tenon this part, then we'll make a mortise that will fit it on that part.”
What is a short sentence with mortise?
“The mortised joint was very strong.”
What does mortise mean?
Mortise means a hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.

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