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Mortise vs Door - What's the difference?

mortise | door |

As nouns the difference between mortise and door

is that mortise is (woodworking) a hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint while door is door.

As a verb mortise

is (woodworking) to make a mortise.

mortise

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Alternative forms

* mortice

Noun

(en noun)
  • (woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint

    • See also

    * mortise-and-tenon joint * mortise gear * mortise lock * mortise wheel

    Verb

  • (woodworking) To make a mortise.
  • (typography) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.

    • Anagrams

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    door

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
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  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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  • Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
  • A non-physical into the next world, a particular feeling, a company, etc.
  • (computing, dated) A . See (BBS door).

    • Meronyms

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    Derived terms

    * at death's door * darken someone's door * door brake * doorgame * door prize * doorstep * front door * get one's foot in the door * show somebody the door * shut the door on * sliding door * stage-door Johnny * up and over door *

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (cycling) To cause a .

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