How to Use mortise in a Sentence

mortise

noun

• Barnes attaches the slabs to the ends with a fastener-free mortise and tenon.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2021
• For example, the notch for a hinge (called a hinge mortise) may have been cut a little too deeply.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2018
• Tape around the mortise and tenons, and fill the voids with a sanded grout mixture, adding pigment to match the bench color if desired [10].
  — David Agrell and Eric Weil, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2020
• Drill a relief hole in a corner, then cut out the mortise using a jigsaw [3].
  — Ted Kilcommons, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2021
• The IglooHome smart mortise lock combines those with a keypad and lever, and comes with hotel-like access fobs for those who don’t want to use the app.
  — Joshua Fruhlinger, WSJ, 11 July 2018
• Cut a shallow sloping notch around the perimeter, then finish the hinge mortise by paring as shown [5].
  — Thomas Klenck, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2021
• Its builders used mortise-and-tenon joints and constructed the vessel partly out of reused wood, suggesting that it was made in Egypt.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2021
• Finish each mortise in three or four light passes to avoid burning the bit or overloading the motor.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2020
• The thick perimeter pieces and crosspieces were joined with interlocking mortise and tenon joints.
  — Washington Post, 17 June 2019
• Instead, posts and beams were fitted together with mortise and tenon joints.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2020
• The structure was built using mortise and tenon, with pegs for extra strength-- a technique lost in the following century.
  — Adele Foster, NOLA.com, 16 July 2017
• Kreg Pocket Screw Jig There will be plenty of time later to learn how to cut complex woodworking joints like mortise and tenons and dovetails.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2019
• Here the standard types of joint, such as mortise and tenon, tongue and groove, and dovetail, are developed with ingenious intricacy.
  — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2021
• Design detailing includes mortise-and-tenon joinery, handmade hardware and simple curved arches that soften the severely straight, parallel-sided appearance.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2020
• Barnes attaches the slabs to the ends with a fastener-free mortise and tenon.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2021
• For example, the notch for a hinge (called a hinge mortise) may have been cut a little too deeply.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2018
• Tape around the mortise and tenons, and fill the voids with a sanded grout mixture, adding pigment to match the bench color if desired [10].
  — David Agrell and Eric Weil, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2020
• Drill a relief hole in a corner, then cut out the mortise using a jigsaw [3].
  — Ted Kilcommons, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2021
• The IglooHome smart mortise lock combines those with a keypad and lever, and comes with hotel-like access fobs for those who don’t want to use the app.
  — Joshua Fruhlinger, WSJ, 11 July 2018
• Cut a shallow sloping notch around the perimeter, then finish the hinge mortise by paring as shown [5].
  — Thomas Klenck, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2021
• Its builders used mortise-and-tenon joints and constructed the vessel partly out of reused wood, suggesting that it was made in Egypt.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2021
• Finish each mortise in three or four light passes to avoid burning the bit or overloading the motor.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2020
• The thick perimeter pieces and crosspieces were joined with interlocking mortise and tenon joints.
  — Washington Post, 17 June 2019
• Instead, posts and beams were fitted together with mortise and tenon joints.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2020
• The structure was built using mortise and tenon, with pegs for extra strength-- a technique lost in the following century.
  — Adele Foster, NOLA.com, 16 July 2017
• Kreg Pocket Screw Jig There will be plenty of time later to learn how to cut complex woodworking joints like mortise and tenons and dovetails.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2019
• Here the standard types of joint, such as mortise and tenon, tongue and groove, and dovetail, are developed with ingenious intricacy.
  — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2021
• Design detailing includes mortise-and-tenon joinery, handmade hardware and simple curved arches that soften the severely straight, parallel-sided appearance.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2020

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