Dovetail - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈdʌvteɪl|  American pronunciation of the word dovetail
Brit.  |ˈdʌvteɪl|  British pronunciation of the word dovetail

noun

- a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises

verb

- fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail

Extra examples

...the Union and the Confederate accounts of the battle don't dovetail at all...

My vacation plans dovetail nicely with Joyce's.

How well do these new ideas dovetail into the existing system?

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: dovetail
he/she/it: dovetails
present participle: dovetailing
past tense: dovetailed
past participle: dovetailed
noun
singular: dovetail
plural: dovetails
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