# tenon

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #76,393

## Definitions
1. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.

## Etymology
From Middle English tenoun, tenown, tenon, from Anglo-Norman tenoun, from Old French tenon.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tenon