dovetail, dovetail joint
(noun) a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
dovetail
(verb) fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dovetail (plural dovetails)
(woodworking) a type of joint where adjoining boards are fastened by interlocking fan-shaped cutouts
Synonym: culvertail
dovetail (third-person singular simple present dovetails, present participle dovetailing, simple past and past participle dovetailed)
(woodworking, transitive) to unite with a dovetail joint
(by extension) to fit together well
(ditransitive)
(ambitransitive)
(computing, transitive) to interweave a number of subprograms or algorithms so that they can be run more or less simultaneously
• finger joint
• violated
Source: Wiktionary
Dove"tail`, n. (Carp.)
Definition: A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one. Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails.
– Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.
Dove"tail`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dovetailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dovetailing.]
1. (Carp.) (a) To cut to a dovetail. (b) To join by means of dovetails.
2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly. He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it was indeed a very curious show. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 April 2025
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
