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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•tice (môr′tis),USA pronunciation n., v.t., -ticed, -tic•ing. - mortise.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•tise or mor•tice /ˈmɔrtɪs/USA pronunciation n., v., -tised, -tis•ing. n. [countable] - Buildinga notch or slot made in a piece of wood or the like, esp. in a wall near a door to attach a lock.
v. [~ + object] - Buildingto cut or form a mortise in.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•tise (môr′tis),USA pronunciation n., v., -tised, -tis•ing. n. - Buildinga notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Buildinga deep recess cut into wood for any of several other purposes, as for receiving a mortise lock.
- Printinga space cut out of a plate, esp. for the insertion of type or another plate.
v.t. - Buildingto secure with a mortise and tenon.
- Buildingto cut or form a mortise in (a piece of wood or the like).
- Buildingto join securely.
- [Print.]
- Printingto cut metal from (a plate).
- Printingto cut out metal from a plate and insert (new material) in its place.
Also, mortice. - Anglo-French mortais(e), Old French mortoise, of obscure origin, originally
- Middle English morteys, mortaise 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mortise, mortice /ˈmɔːtɪs/ n - a slot or recess, usually rectangular, cut into a piece of wood, stone, etc, to receive a matching projection (tenon) of another piece, or a mortise lock
vb (transitive)- to cut a slot or recess in (a piece of wood, stone, etc)
- to join (two pieces of wood, stone, etc) by means of a mortise and tenon
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French mortoise, perhaps from Arabic murtazza fastened in position |