Word Meaning

Meaning of mortise

- A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon.
- To cut or make a mortisein.
- To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.

Crossword clue for mortise

- Joint, ... and tenon
- Lock slot
- Wood joint slot