biscuit joiner

noun

A woodworking tool used to join two pieces of wood together, having a small circular saw blade to cut a crescent-shaped slot (the "mouth") in the opposite edges of the two pieces; a biscuit (thin oval wafer of material) is then glued into this slot to join the pieces.

Meanings

nounbiscuit joiner (plural biscuit joiners)

plural biscuit joiners

  1. A woodworking tool used to join two pieces of wood together, having a small circular saw blade to cut a crescent-shaped slot (the "mouth") in the opposite edges of the two pieces; a biscuit (thin oval wafer of material) is then glued into this slot to join the pieces.

    Synonyms: biscuit jointer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA woodworking tool used to join two pieces of wood together, having a small circular saw blade to cut a crescent-shaped slot (the "mouth") in the opposite edges of the two pieces; a biscuit (thin oval wafer of material) is then glued into this slot to join the pieces.

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Chicago

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