MATCHBOARD

matchboard

(noun) a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

matchboard (countable and uncountable, plural matchboards)

(carpentry) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system

(sand casting) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the matched parting surfaces for the two parts (the cope and the drag) of a molding box or flask, to which board patterns are attached in some casting methods.

Source: Wiktionary



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MECHANISM

(noun) the technical aspects of doing something; “a mechanism of social control”; “mechanisms of communication”; “the mechanics of prose style”


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