How do you use Tenon in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like projection, plus the exact meaning.
Tenon meaning
A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
Synonyms of Tenon
Using Tenon
- The main meaning on this page is: A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
- Useful related words include: projection.
Context around Tenon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tenon
- In this selection, "tenon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2023, metal, technique, joints and fitting stand out and add context to how "tenon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a metal tenon that would and january 2023 tenon was arrested. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tenon" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tenon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nearly a year later, in January 2023, Tenon was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting. (16 words)
Early Egyptians also knew how to fasten the planks of this ship together with mortise and tenon joints. (18 words)
There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a metal tenon that would have supported the separately carved right arm. (24 words)
When the roof was redone and insulated, the original wide planks and beams were carefully replaced using the mortise-and-tenon technique, which has been used for thousands of years by woodworkers to join pieces of wood. (37 words)
The joints between sections consist of a tenon fitting into a socket; the tenons are wrapped in either cork or string as a seal against air leaks. (27 words)
There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a metal tenon that would have supported the separately carved right arm. (24 words)
Example sentences (5)
Nearly a year later, in January 2023, Tenon was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting.
When the roof was redone and insulated, the original wide planks and beams were carefully replaced using the mortise-and-tenon technique, which has been used for thousands of years by woodworkers to join pieces of wood.
Early Egyptians also knew how to fasten the planks of this ship together with mortise and tenon joints.
The joints between sections consist of a tenon fitting into a socket; the tenons are wrapped in either cork or string as a seal against air leaks.
There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a metal tenon that would have supported the separately carved right arm.