Uk English Meaning of dovetails

Dovetails

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Definitions and Meaning of dovetails in English

dovetails

to cut to a dovetail, a flaring tenon and a mortise into which it fits tightly making an interlocking joint between two pieces (as of wood), to fit skillfully to form a whole, to fit together with, something resembling a dove's tail, to fit together into a whole, a joint between two pieces (as of wood) formed by a wedge-shaped part that fits tightly into a wedge-shaped slot in the other piece, to fit skillfully together to form a whole, something shaped like a dove's tail, to join by means of dovetails

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Dovetails

to cut to a dovetail, a flaring tenon and a mortise into which it fits tightly making an interlocking joint between two pieces (as of wood), to fit skillfully t

fits,accords,answers,cheques,goes,boom,sorts,squares,equals,matches

contradicts,differs (from),disagrees with,Conflicts,disputes,negates,nullifies,clashes,contradicts,jars

doves => Doves, dovecots => Dovecotes, dovecotes => dovecote, dove (into) => dove (into), dove (in) => dove (in),