mortice (n.)

  1. a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint

    [ Syn: mortise ]

    mortice (v.)

  1. cut a hole for a tenon in

    [ Syn: mortise ]

  2. join by a tenon and mortise

    [ Syn: mortise ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.