CHAMFER

bevel, cant, chamfer

(noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

furrow, chamfer, chase

(verb) cut a furrow into a columns

bevel, chamfer

(verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; “bevel the surface”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

chamfer (plural chamfers)

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

Synonyms: round, bevel

Antonym: fillet

Verb

chamfer (third-person singular simple present chamfers, present participle chamfering, simple past and past participle chamfered)

(transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.

Synonym: bevel

(transitive) To cut a groove in something.

Synonym: flute

Source: Wiktionary


Cham"fer, n. Etym: [See Chamfron.]

Definition: The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

Cham"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chamfered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chamfering.(

1. (Carp.)

Definition: To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.

2. To make a chamfer on.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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