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rabbet

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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rab=bet

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun rabbet has 1 sense

Verb rabbet has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

rabbetv. t. [F. raboter to plane, plane down,rabot a plane; pref. re- re- + OF. abouter, aboter. See Abut, and cf. Rebut.].
  •  To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.  [1913 Webster]
rabbetn. [See Rabbet, v., and cf. Rebate, n.].
  •  A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Same as Rabbet joint, below.  [1913 Webster]
Rabbet joint (Carp.), a joint formed by fitting together rabbeted boards or timbers; -- called also rabbet. -- Rabbet plane, a joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet. Moxon.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rabbet, n. & v.
--n. a step-shaped channel etc. cut along the edge or face or projecting angle of a length of wood etc., usu. to receive the edge or tongue of another piece.
--v.tr. (rabbeted, rabbeting)
1 join or fix with a rabbet.
2 make a rabbet in.

Idiom
rabbet plane a plane for cutting a groove along an edge.
Etymology
ME f. OF rab(b)at abatement, recess f. rabattre REBATE

THESAURUS

rabbet

ankle, articulate, articulation, batten, batten down, bezel, bolt, boundary, buckle, butt, button, canal, canalize, carve, cervix, chamfer, channel, chase, chink, chisel, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, closure, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, corrugate, corrugation, coupling, crack, cranny, crimp, cut, dado, dike, ditch, dovetail, elbow, embrace, engrave, engraving, flute, fluting, furrow, gash, gliding joint, goffer, gouge, groove, gully, hasp, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hitch, hook, incise, incision, interface, jam, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, latch, link, lock, microgroove, miter, mortise, nail, neck, peg, pin, pivot, pivot joint, pleat, plow, rifle, rifling, rivet, ruck, rut, scarf, score, scratch, screw, seam, sew, shoulder, skewer, slit, snap, staple, stick, stitch, streak, stria, striate, striation, sulcation, sulcus, suture, symphysis, tack, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, trench, trough, union, wedge, weld, well-worn groove, wrinkle, wrist, zipper

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Junction

VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.

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