dovetail
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noun Carpentry.
1.
a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
2.
a joint formed of one or more such tenons fitting tightly within corresponding mortises.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3.
Carpentry. to join or fit together by means of a dovetail or dovetails.
4.
to join or fit together compactly or harmoniously.
Origin:
1555–65; so named from its shape
1555–65; so named from its shape
Related forms
dove·tail·er, noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | a wedge-shaped tenon |
| 2. | Also called: dovetail joint a joint containing such tenons |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to join by means of dovetails |
| 4. | to fit or cause to fit together closely or neatly: he dovetailed his arguments to the desired conclusion |
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Example sentences
For one thing, the agencies keep their own lists of investigations, which do not completely dovetail.
In addition, the film is framed by opening and closing coffee-shop scenes that turn out to dovetail.
So closely do the gradations of culture dovetail into one another.
For best results, the magnetic properties of the tape must dovetail with the characteristics of the recorder.
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