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   ten·on

   /ˈtenən/

   noun

   • 1. a projecting piece of wood made for insertion into a mortise in another piece: "a mortise and tenon joint"

   verb

   • 1. join by means of a tenon: "the rail was tenoned into oak stiles"
   • ▪ cut as a tenon: "the part to be tenoned is wider than the part to be mortised"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, from tenir ‘to hold’, from Latin tenere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tenoner noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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