Usually means: Groove cut to accept another.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. rabbet: Merriam-Webster
  2. rabbet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rabbet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rabbet: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rabbet: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rabbet, rabbet: Wordnik
  7. rabbet: Wiktionary
  8. rabbet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. rabbet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. rabbet: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Rabbet, rabbet: Dictionary.com
  12. rabbet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Rabbet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Rabbet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. rabbet: Rhymezone
  16. Rabbet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. rabbet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. rabbet: FreeDictionary.org
  19. rabbet: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. rabbet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. rabbet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rabbet: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rabbet: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

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  1. rabbet: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rabbet: Medical dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Woodworking Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Woodworking Terms (No longer online)
  3. Rabbet: Glossary of Woodworking Terms
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rabbet)

noun:  A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.
verb:  (transitive) To cut a rabbet in a piece of material.
noun:  Obsolete form of rabbit. [A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.]

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