Chamfer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cut off the edge or corner of; bevel.
  • v. To cut a groove in; flute.
  • n. A flat surface made by cutting off the edge or corner of a block of wood or other material.
  • n. A furrow or groove, as in a column.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges
  • v. to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • v. to cut a groove in something; to flute
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.
  • v. To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.
  • v. To make a chamfer on.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In carpentry, a groove or furrow.
  • n. A bevel or slope; the corner of anything originally rightangled cut away so as to make an angle with the sides which form it. Also chamfering.
  • In carpentry, to cut a furrow in; flute; channel.—2. To cut or grind in a sloping manner, as the edge of anything square, so as to form a bevel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
  • v. cut a furrow into a columns
  • v. cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
  • Antonym
    fillet   
    Verb Form
    chamfered    chamfering    chamfers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cut   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    groove    channel    flute    round   
    Same Context
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