[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.", "a deep recess cut into wood for any of several other purposes, as for receiving a mortise lock mortise lock.", "Printing.a space cut out of a plate, especially for the insertion of type or another plate."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to secure with a mortise and tenon", "to cut or form a mortise in (a piece of wood or the like).", "to join securely.", "Printing.to cut metal from (a plate).to cut out metal from a plate and insert (new material) in its place.", "to cut metal from (a plate).", "to cut out metal from a plate and insert (new material) in its place."]}]