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How to pronounce dovetail in English?

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Synonyms dovetail joint
Type of mortise-and-tenon joint, mortise joint
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Type of fit

Examples of dovetail

dovetail
In the meantime, he can continue to dovetail fund-raising with official business.
From the dailyadvertiser.com.au
Mutual antagonism aside, Russian and Western interests dovetail in many respects.
From the washingtontimes.com
What China has proven so far is that autocracy sometimes dovetail with success.
From the economist.com
How do you align long-term pure research to dovetail with MS'product strategy?
From the forbes.com
At best, she said, the exchange might dovetail with federal health reform efforts.
From the sltrib.com
However, such a scenario would dovetail with the goals of the B612 Foundation.
From the sacbee.com
Certainly an e-reader would dovetail nicely with the ongoing Google Books project.
From the forbes.com
The candidates'themes dovetail with their theories of how to win the caucuses.
From the washingtonpost.com
Indeed, Mr. Serra's economic proposals largely dovetail with those of Ms. Rousseff.
From the online.wsj.com
More examples
  • A mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
  • Fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
  • A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a joint technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join the sides of a drawer to the front. ...
  • (Dovetailing (computer science)) Dovetailing in algorithm design, is a technique that interleaves different computations, performing them essentially simultaneously. Algorithms that use dovetailing are sometimes referred to as dovetailers.
  • A type of carpentry joint where adjoining boards are fastened by interlocking fan-shaped cutouts; To fit together well
  • (Dovetailing (outcomes)) Where appropriate, aligning your outcome with that of another person so that both outcomes can be achieved, as far as this may be possible. ...
  • (dovetailing) When a Beauty Consultant is unable to hold or overbooks a skin care class and asks another Beauty Consultant to fulfill her commitment to the hostess, it is called a dovetail. ...
  • (Dovetails) A series of interlocking joints, used in drawers.
  • (Dovetails) Area of lane where maple and pine boards join. (break of the boards, piano keys, splice)