Usually means: Slot and tenon wood connection.
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  1. mortise joint: Merriam-Webster
  2. mortise joint: Vocabulary.com
  3. mortise joint: Wordnik
  4. mortise joint: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Mortise joint, mortise joint: Dictionary.com
  6. mortise joint: Rhymezone
  7. mortise joint: FreeDictionary.org
  8. mortise joint: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. mortise joint: Encyclopedia

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  2. mortise joint: Medical dictionary

(Note: See mortise_joints as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (mortise joint)

noun:  a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other
noun:  a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus


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