DOVETAIL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises

Synonyms:

dovetail; dovetail joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dovetail" is a kind of...):

mortise-and-tenon joint; mortise joint (a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other)

Derivation:

dovetail (fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dovetail ... he / she / it dovetails

Past simple: dovetailed

Past participle: dovetailed

-ing form: dovetailing

Meaning:

Fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "dovetail" is one way to...):

fit (make fit)

Cause:

fit; go (be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dovetail (a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises)