dovetail as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
dovetail
noun
1 dovetail
A mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises.
synonym: dovetail joint.
Dutch: zwaluwstaart
Polish: jaskółcze złącze, jaskółczy ogon
verb
1 dovetail
Fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail.
Roget 23:
be accordant
etc.
adj.;
agree,
accord,
harmonize;
correspond,
tally,
respond;
meet,
suit,
fit,
befit,
do,
adapt itself to;
fall in with,
chime in with,
square with,
quadrate with,
consort with,
comport with;
dovetail,
assimilate;
fit like a glove,
fit to a tittle,
fit to a T;
match
etc.
17;
become one;
homologate†.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488.
render accordant
etc.
adj.;
fit,
suit,
adapt,
accommodate;
graduate;
adjust
etc.
(render equal)
27;
dress,
regulate,
readjust;
accord,
harmonize,
reconcile;
fadge†,
dovetail,
square.
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Roget 43:
join,
unite;
conjoin,
connect;
associate;
put together,
lay together,
clap together,
hang together,
lump together,
hold together,
piece together [Fr.],
tack together,
fix together,
bind up together together;
embody,
reembody†;
roll into one.
attach,
fix,
affix,
saddle on,
fasten,
bind,
secure,
clinch,
twist,
make fast
etc.
adj.;
tie,
pinion,
string,
strap,
sew,
lace,
tat,
stitch,
tack,
knit,
button,
buckle,
hitch,
lash,
truss,
bandage,
braid,
splice,
swathe,
gird,
tether,
moor,
picket,
harness,
chain;
fetter
etc.
(restrain)
751;
lock,
latch,
belay,
brace,
hook,
grapple,
leash,
couple,
accouple†,
link,
yoke,
bracket;
marry
etc.
(wed)
903;
bridge over,
span.
braze;
pin,
nail,
bolt,
hasp,
clasp,
clamp,
crimp,
screw,
rivet;
impact,
solder,
set;
weld together,
fuse together;
wedge,
rabbet,
mortise,
miter,
jam,
dovetail,
enchase†;
graft,
ingraft†,
inosculate†;
entwine,
intwine†;
interlink,
interlace,
intertwine,
intertwist†,
interweave;
entangle;
twine round,
belay;
tighten;
trice up,
screw up.
be joined
&c.;
hang together,
hold together;
cohere
etc.
46.
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Roget 219:
cross,
decussate†;
intersect,
interlace,
intertwine,
intertwist†,
interweave,
interdigitate,
interlink.
twine,
entwine,
weave,
inweave†,
twist,
wreathe;
anastomose [Med.],
inosculate†,
dovetail,
splice,
link;
lace,
tat.
mat,
plait,
plat,
braid,
felt,
twill;
tangle,
entangle,
ravel;
net,
knot;
dishevel,
raddle†.
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Roget 228:
lie between,
come between,
get between;
intervene,
slide in,
interpenetrate,
permeate.
put between,
introduce,
import,
throw in,
wedge in,
edge in,
jam in,
worm in,
foist in,
run in,
plow in,
work in;
interpose,
interject,
intercalate,
interpolate,
interline,
interleave,
intersperse,
interweave,
interlard,
interdigitate,
sandwich in,
fit in,
squeeze in;
let in,
dovetail,
splice,
mortise;
insinuate,
smuggle;
infiltrate,
ingrain.
interfere,
put in an oar,
thrust one's nose in;
intrude,
obtrude;
have a finger in the pie;
introduce the thin end of the wedge;
thrust in
etc.
(insert)
300.
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Roget 300:
insert;
introduce,
intromit;
put into,
run into;
import;
inject;
interject
etc.
298;
infuse,
instill,
inoculate,
impregnate,
imbue,
imbrue.
graft,
ingraft†,
bud,
plant,
implant;
dovetail.
obtrude;
thrust in,
stick in,
ram in,
stuff in,
tuck in,
press,
in,
drive in,
pop in,
whip in,
drop in,
put in;
impact;
empierce†
etc.
(make a hole)
260†.
imbed;
immerse,
immerge,
merge;
bathe,
soak
etc.
(water)
337;
dip,
plunge
etc.
310.
bury
etc.
(inter)
363.
insert itself,
lodge itself
&c.;
plunge in medias res.
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Moby thesaurus: accord, agree, ankle, answer to, articulate, articulation, assent, assort with, batten, batten down, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, bolt, boundary, buckle, butt, button, cervix, check, check out, chime, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, closure, coact, cohere, coincide, concur, conform, conform with, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, consist with, cooperate, correspond, coupling, elbow, embrace, engage, fall in together, fit in, fit together, gliding joint, go, go together, go with, hang together, harmonize, hasp, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hit, hitch, hold together, hook, interact, interchange, interface, interlace, interlock, intermesh, interplay, intersect, intertwine, interweave, interwork, jam, jibe, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, latch, link, lock, match, mesh, miter, mortise, nail, neck, overlap, parallel, peg, pin, pivot, pivot joint, rabbet, register, register with, respond to, rivet, scarf, screw, seam, sew, shoulder, sing in chorus, skewer, snap, sort with, square, square with, stand together, staple, stick, stitch, suture, symphysis, tack, tally, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, union, wedge, weld, wrist, zipper ... show more.
dovetailing
noun
Roget 228:
interposition,
interjacence†,
intercurrence†,
intervenience†,
interlocation†,
interdigitation,
interjection,
interpolation,
interlineation,
interspersion,
intercalation.
[interposition at a fine-grained level]
interpenetration;
permeation;
infiltration.
[interposition by one person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative]
intervention,
interference;
intrusion,
obtrusion;
insinuation.
insertion
etc.
300;
dovetailing;
embolism.
intermediary,
intermedium†;
go between,
bodkin†,
intruder,
interloper;
parenthesis,
episode,
flyleaf.
partition,
septum,
diaphragm;
midriff;
dissepiment†;
party wall,
panel,
room divider.
halfway house.
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Moby thesaurus: a propos, ad rem, adapted, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, geared, happy, just right, likely, meshing, on the button, opportune, pat, qualified, relevant, right, seasonable, sortable, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, to the point, to the purpose ... show more.
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