mortise
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
Types & categories
- hole hypernym
Parts & wholes
- mortise-and-tenon joint part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cut a hole for a tenon in
Types & categories
- cut hypernym
Related & opposite
- mortise derivation
Sense 3 verb
join by a tenon and mortise
Types & categories
- bring together hypernym
Related & opposite
- mortise derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortise |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | mortise-and-tenon joint |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hole |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortise |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortise |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring together |