dovetail
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
Types & categories
- mortise-and-tenon joint hypernym
Related & opposite
- dovetail derivation
Sense 2 verb
fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
Types & categories
- fit hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dovetail |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mortise-and-tenon joint |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | fit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dovetail |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fit |