- a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- a broad groove let into the surface of a board or the like; dado.
- to cut a rabbet in (a board or the like).
- to join (boards or the like) by means of a rabbet or rabbets.
- to join by a rabbet (usually followed by on or over).
- a recess, groove, or step, usually of rectangular section, cut into a surface or along the edge of a piece of timber to receive a mating piece
- a joint made between two pieces of timber using a rabbet
- to cut or form a rabbet in (timber)
- to join (pieces of timber) using a rabbet
