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Definition of mortise noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

mortise

noun

(also mortice) noun

NAmE//ˈmɔrt̮əs//

(technology)

a hole cut in a piece of wood, etc. to receive the end of another piece of wood, so that the two are held together see tenon

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