Thesaurus: dovetail

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1. n. A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.
2. v. t. To cut to a dovetail.
3. v. t. To join by means of dovetails.
4. v. t. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly.
5. n. a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
6. v. fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
7. A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one. Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails. -- Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing. 1. (Carp.) (a) To cut to a dovetail. (b) To join by means of dovetails. 2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly. He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it was indeed a very curious show. Burke.
8. A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread),and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making aninterlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part inall directions except one. Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of anyconvex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series ofdovetails.-- Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.
9. n:30/v:70 n. a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises v. fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail