m 3 o 1 r 1 t 1 i 1 s 1 e 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
verb cut a hole for a tenon in
verb join by a tenon and mortise
originFrom Middle English morteys, from Old French mortaise, from Arabic مُرْتَزّ (murtazz, “fastened”), from اِرْتَزَّ (irtazza).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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