Clues for the word "MORTISE"

We've had 10 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 11 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Family Time crossword on December 30, 2024.

Definition of mortise

n. - A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon.
v. t. - To cut or make a mortisein.
v. t. - To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.