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A board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor)
Answer for the clue "A board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor) ", 10 letters:
matchboard
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n. 1 (label en carpentry) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system 2 (label en sand casting) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the matched parting surfaces for the two ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
matchboard \matchboard\ n. A board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor); see match boarding .
WordNet
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n. a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor)
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Matchboard is a type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove or a half lap system. Matchboarding has been used for both decorative wooden panelling indoors and also as outdoor cladding. The edge joints of matchboard are more ...
Usage examples of matchboard.
An air of sullen hostility met us, brooding heavy over the beaten, unweather-proofed matchboard hovels, decorated if at all with torn oil-company posters and pinup calendars from the year before last.
They used a tower scaffolding to reach the arched matchboard panelling of the roof and the wooden trusses with their metal tie bars.
I tacked the side edge of a strip of canvas to the matchboard wall along over the inner edge of the bath, fastened a short piece of gas-pipe to the outer edge, with pieces of string through holes made in it, and let it hang down over the bath, leaving a hole at the head for my head and shoulders.
I can see him now, pointing to the brewers' almanac which hung on the varnished matchboarding of the bar wall.