dovetail

see definition of dovetail

verblink, fit together

Synonyms for dovetail

verb link, fit together

Antonyms for dovetail

conform

verb. correspond, match

conformed

verb. correspond, match

conforms

verb. correspond, match

consort

verb. agree

Word Origin & History

late 16c. (n.), 1650s (v.), from dove (n.) + tail. So called from resemblance of shape in the tenon or mortise of the joints to that of the bird’s tailfeather display. Related: Dovetailed.

Example Sentences for dovetail

This dovetail is half blind, so that the joint will not appear when the drawer is shut.

Set the bevel-square at the proper angle for a dovetail, Fig. 250.

When dressed off, it gives the appearance of a dovetail on each face.

In place of the grooves the cavity may be of the dovetail form.

Fig. 41 shows a "Tee Halving Joint" with a dovetail cut on the edge.

With a fine tenon or dovetail saw, cut the saw kerf as at Fig. 316.

Only it was hard for the child to dovetail the two halves of her life.

Your idea of the brace was capital, and the dovetail will never show at all.

But the facts known could not be got to dovetail themselves pleasantly.

The joints of her reasoning seemed to dovetail with fateful accuracy.

dovetail

Synonyms for dovetail

Antonyms for dovetail

More words related to dovetail

cohere

conform

conformed

conforms

consort

correspond