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dovetail
[ duhv-teyl ]
noun
- a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- a joint formed of one or more such tenons fitting tightly within corresponding mortises.
verb (used with or without object)
- Carpentry. to join or fit together by means of a dovetail or dovetails.
- to join or fit together compactly or harmoniously.
dovetail
/ ˈdʌvˌteɪl /
noun
- a wedge-shaped tenon
- Also calleddovetail joint a joint containing such tenons
verb
- tr to join by means of dovetails
- to fit or cause to fit together closely or neatly
he dovetailed his arguments to the desired conclusion
Other Words From
- dovetailer noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of dovetail1
Example Sentences
To get the full benefit of TV ads, marketers need to create a digital dovetail to extend the reach and impact of their spots with real-time digital activations that can capture demand in the moment.
Your acid experiences also seem to dovetail with expanding your musical consciousness.
The novel is structurally daring, managing to dovetail the perspectives of both boys.
High-minded pursuits dovetail with rigidly disciplining your body.
And the overriding issue of the election—the economy—happens to dovetail with the issues that concern New Hampshire Republicans.
Well, now these dynamics dovetail as Mercury and Mars dosey doe in your cosmic sector of mass consciousness.
The dovetail is a most important joint; its most usual forms are illustrated in fig. 3.
The sermon should be constructed to fit the man; argument and emotion should not stand apart, but dovetail and interlace.
Fig. 37 is "Oblique Dovetail Halving," one side of the piece being dovetailed.
In this case the dovetail is similar to Fig. 33, with the exception that it does not run through the bottom rail.
Fig. 47 shows a combination of a bevelled dovetail half-lapped joint.
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