tongue and groove

See also: tongue-and-groove

English

Solid boards with tongues on the right sides of the boards and grooves on the left sides

Noun

tongue and groove (plural tongue and grooves or tongues and grooves)

1. A joint, in flooring or panelling, made by fitting a ridge (tongue) along the edge of one board into a corresponding slot (groove) on another.

Translations

joint, in flooring or panelling

• Catalan: encadellat (ca) m
• Finnish: ponttiliitos, pontti (fi)
• German: Nut und Feder
• Irish: teanga agus eitre f
• Italian: ad incastro (it), maschio e femmina
• Maori: hono awa-arero
• Norwegian: not og fjær
• Russian: шпунт (ru) m (špunt)
• Spanish: machihembrado (es), machimbre