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Six example sentences with mortise, each labelled with its topic.
Timber framers chisel a mortise into the post so the beam's tongue slides in and locks without a single nail.
Architecture
The furniture maker cut each mortise by hand, judging depth by eye until the chair rails seated perfectly flush.
Art
A restoration crew found every mortise on the barn frame still tight after two centuries of wind and snow.
History
The guitar maker cuts a mortise in the body so the neck slides in snugly before any glue is applied.
Music
A computer guided router cuts a mortise to a tenth of a millimeter, which a hand chisel matches only on a good day.
Technology
The furniture startup keeps every joint a real mortise instead of screws, and buyers pay double for that detail.
Startups
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