It's not always that our postures dovetail exactly. And yet, the overlapping and mutual interests abound.
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Dovetail
//ˈdʌvteɪl//
Synonyms for "dovetail" (140 found)
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Strong matches (42)
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113 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πελεκῖνος noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Arabic
4 entries- تَعْشِيقَة noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- اِنْسَجَمَ مَعَ verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
- تَرَابَطَ بَيْنَ verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
- تَوَاصَلَ مَعَ verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
Catalan
2 entries- cua d'oreneta noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- cudornella noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 燕尾榫 noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- 嚴絲合縫 /严丝合缝 verb (of several things: to combine or fit together well)
Czech
3 entries- klínová stínka noun ((heraldry) line resembling a dovetail joint)
- rybina noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- čepování noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Dutch
1 entries- zwaluwstaart noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Estonian
1 entries- kalasabatapp noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Finnish
4 entries- kyyhkyn pyrstö noun (tail of a dove; something having the shape of a dove’s tail)
- kyyhkysen pyrstö noun (tail of a dove; something having the shape of a dove’s tail)
- lohenpyrstö noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- lohenpyrstö noun ((heraldry) line resembling a dovetail joint)
French
4 entries- queue-d'aronde noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- assembler verb (to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint)
- concorder verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
- coïncider verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
Galician
1 entries- acantilar verb (to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint)
Georgian
1 entries- მაკრატელა noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
German
4 entries- Schwalbenschwanz noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- Schwalbenschwanzverbindung noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- Verzahnung noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- aufeinander abgestimmt sein verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
Hebrew
1 entries- זְנַבְיוֹן noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Irish
2 entries- déad noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- déadalt noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Italian
1 entries- caletta noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Japanese
2 entries- 蟻継ぎ noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- 蟻継ぎする verb (to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint)
Korean
1 entries- 사개 noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Latvian
2 entries- bezdelīgas astes savienojums noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- saskaņot verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
Lithuanian
1 entries- letenėlė noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Macedonian
4 entries- ласто́вечка о́пашка noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- о́пашка од ласто́вица noun (tail of a dove; something having the shape of a dove’s tail)
- се со́впаѓа verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
- спо́и verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- svalehale noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- svalehalesink noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- svalehaleskjøt noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Occitan
4 entries- coa d'aronda noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- ajustar verb (to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint)
- apariar verb (to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint)
- concordar verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قورت آغزی noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Persian
1 entries- اتصال دمچلچلهای noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Polish
3 entries- jaskółczy ogon noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- rybi ogon noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- złącze płetwowe noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Portuguese
3 entries- cauda de andorinha noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- ensambladura em cauda de andorinha noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- união em cauda de andorinha noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Russian
4 entries- ла́сточкин хво́ст noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- пригна́ть verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
- пригоня́ть verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
- согласо́вываться verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- amaladh noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Spanish
4 entries- cola de milano noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- cola de pato noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- juntura serrátil noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- encajar verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
Swedish
3 entries- laxknut noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- laxstjärt noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- laxstjärtskura noun ((heraldry) line resembling a dovetail joint)
Tagalog
1 entries- bakám noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Turkish
1 entries- kurtağzı noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пастівчин хвіст noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
Welsh
4 entries- cynffon colomen noun (tail of a dove; something having the shape of a dove’s tail)
- uniad cynffonnog noun (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
- asio verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
- cydblethu verb (to combine or fit (things) together well)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Tom's vacation plans dovetail nicely with Mary's.
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India's goals dovetail with the US' desire to better compete with China.
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Beſides this, another fine Starfiſh came to my Hands, […] Its body hath ten corners, and it hath a Star above vvith as many Rays; each of theſe one may compare unto a Sail of the VVindmills that the Children run againſt the VVind vvithal, or to a piece of ſuch Croſſes that are broad before, and narrovv vvhere they meet together; that is to ſay, of the ſhape of a Dove-tail: […]
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