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Rabbet (Verb)

Join with a rabbet joint.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The two wooden pieces were carefully rabbeted to fit snugly together along their edges.
To ensure a flush surface, the dado must rabbet the adjacent wood panel for a smooth finish.
It takes skill and precision to rabbet these specific joints in all the wooden components.
Examine the profiles on these moldings that need to be rabbeted for mounting properly.
His task is to rabbet a portion of the solid back panel of the closet for seamless door attachment.

Cut a rectangular groove into.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

A carpenter will rabbet a rectangular groove into the frame to hold the glass in place.
To assemble this cabinet, rabbet a groove in the back panel for the shelves.
Rabbet a groove in the table top to fit the drawer slide.
The craftsman carefully took the time to rabbet a groove into each side of the picture frame.
You'll need to rabbet a groove in the wall studs to secure the drywall.