biscuit joiner

noun

woodworking

: a tool that cuts slots in boards for biscuit joints

The naysayers state that a biscuit joint is a shortcut to get out of making an arguably stronger and more time-consuming joint: the mortise and tenon. Then there's the biscuit joiner users who are rolling on the floor laughing.

—Popular Woodworking, November 2000

Word History

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

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