Mortise insert Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Mortise insert crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on August 5 2023 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Mortise insert has a total of 5 letters.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%TENONMortise insertWall Street Journal
20%TENONSMortise insertsLA Times

Definition

A 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; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk.
To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.

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