intertie
noun, verb
intertie is a noun meaning “In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-T-E-R-T-I-E, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of intertie is interties.
What does intertie mean?
noun
- 1
In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
- 2
A bond or support.
verb
- 1
To interlink.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of intertie
- interties plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- intertying participle, present
- intertied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is intertie?
Intertie appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does intertie come from?
From inter- + tie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).