Definitions for tenon

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tenon ten·on

Spelling: [ten-uh n]

IPA: /ˈtɛn ən/

Tenon is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in tenon (ennot).

Definitions for tenon

noun

1. a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.

verb (used with object)

1. to provide with a tenon.
2. to join by or as by a tenon.
3. to join securely.

Origin of tenon

1400-50; late Middle English Middle French, equivalent to ten(ir) to hold (Latin tenēre) + -on noun suffix

Examples for tenon

A tenon should not be so large as to weaken the mortised piece.

On the working edge near the end mark the thickness of the tenon.

The tenon is one hole in length, and the head of the standard one hole and a half in length.

The joints may be made with dowels, or the mortise and tenon may be used, as desired.

This board should have a thickness equal to the piece to be cut from the side of the tenon.

A stub mortise-and-tenon is made by cutting only two sides of the tenon beam.

It is used to keep a tenon tightly fixed as in wheel spokes.

The rule is that the tenon should be one-half the width of the rail, minus the groove.

The tenon should be strong enough to share the strain with the shoulders.

The width of the mortise is equal to the width of the groove, its length to the width of the tenon.