dovetail
pronunciation
How to pronounce dovetail in British English:
UK [ˈdʌvteɪl]
How to pronounce dovetail in American English:
US [ˈdʌvˌtel]
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- Noun:
- a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
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- Verb:
- fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
Word Origin
- dovetail
- late 16c. (n.), 1650s (v.), from dove (n.) + tail. So called from resemblance of shape in the tenon or mortise of the joints to that of the birdâs tailfeather display. Related: Dovetailed.
Example
- 1. The recommendations dovetail beautifully with what we 're doing .
- 2. These results dovetail with earlier studies outside the health sphere .
- 3. The successes of ms rowling and tony blair dovetail with eerie coincidence .
- 4. And pmcs dovetail with a larger us policy of encouraging military-to-military ties , in the hope that a professional army can stabilize a fragile democracy .
- 5. But the way its themes dovetail with gibson 's disgrace make it - peculiarly enough - the right film for him to have made in this very wrong moment .