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tongue and groove

tongue and groove noun: a joint, in flooring or panelling, made by fitting a ridge (tongue) along the edge of one board into a corresponding slot (groove) on another.

tongue and groove: a joint, in flooring or panelling, made by fitting a ridge (tongue) along the edge of one board...
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Noun

tongue and groove (plural tongue and grooves or tongues and grooves)

  1. A joint, in flooring or panelling, made by fitting a ridge (tongue) along the edge of one board into a corresponding slot (groove) on another.

tongue and groove meaning in Tamil

tongue and groove in Tamil

நாக்கும் காடியும்

Forms of tongue and groove

pluraltongue and grooves
pluraltongues and grooves

Questions about tongue and groove

What does tongue and groove mean?
Tongue and groove means a joint, in flooring or panelling, made by fitting a ridge (tongue) along the edge of one board into a corresponding slot (groove) on another.
What is tongue and groove in Tamil?
Tongue and groove in Tamil is நாக்கும் காடியும். See Tongue and groove meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tongue and groove?
Tongue and groove is a noun.
What is the plural of tongue and groove?
The plural of tongue and groove is tongue and grooves.

Words near tongue and groove in the dictionary

  1. tongsmen
  2. tongster
  3. tongsters
  4. tonguage
  5. tongue
  6. tongue and groove
  7. tongue and grooves
  8. tongue bath
  9. tongue baths
  10. tongue bone
  11. tongue bones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tongue and groove (page history and authors); tongue and groove (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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