Injoinery, agroove is a slot or trench cut into a member which runs parallel to the grain. A groove is thus differentiated from adado, which runs across the grain.[1]
Grooves are used for a range of purposes incabinet making and otherwoodworking fields. Typically, grooves are used to house the panels inframe and panel construction and the bottoms of drawers. For more structural construction, grooves are created along the sides and/or ends of panels, such as intongue and groove construction.[2] Applications include roofing, siding and flooring.
A groove may bethrough, meaning that it passes all the way through the surface and its ends are open, orstopped, meaning that one or both of the ends finish before the groove meets edge of the surface.[1]
A groove can be cut by the following methods:
