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TENON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tenon" is a kind of...):

projection (any structure that branches out from a central support)

Holonyms ("tenon" is a part of...):

mortise-and-tenon joint; mortise joint (a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other)

 II. (verb) 

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Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb tenon

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