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tenon
noun
a projecting part cut on the end of a piece of wood, etc. for insertion into a corresponding hole (mortise) in another piece to make a joint
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to make a tenon (on)
- to joint by mortise and tenon
See tenon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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