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mortise
 
Noun mortise has 1 sense
  1. mortise, mortice - a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
    --1 is a kind of hole
    --1 is a part of mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint
    Derived forms: verb mortise2, verb mortise1
Verb mortise has 2 senses
  1. mortise, mortice - cut a hole for a tenon in
    --1 is one way to cut
    Derived form: noun mortise1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. mortice, mortise - join by a tenon and mortise
    --2 is one way to join, bring together
    Derived form: noun mortise1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
mortifying mortiline mortility mortimer mortis mortise-and-tenon mortise-and-tenon joint mortise-and mortise mortise joint mortley mortlock mortly mortmain morton mortorium mortrage

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