Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mortise_joint

2 senses of mortise joint

Sense 1
ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis -- (a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus)
       => gliding joint, articulatio plana -- (a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions)

Sense 2
mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint -- (a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other)
       => joint -- (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)