tenon
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
- verbTo make into a tenon.
Example:
First we'll tenon this part, then we'll make a mortise that will fit it on that part.
- verbTo fit with tenons.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,579 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 58% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: n