Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A slanting surface or bevel on the edge of a cutting tool, such as a chisel.
- noun The upper, faceted portion of a cut gem, above the girdle and below the table.
- noun A groove or flange designed to hold a beveled edge, as of a gem.
- noun A ring that secures the crystal of a watch or chronometer, often rotatable and marked so as to allow timekeeping functions.
- noun The plastic frame around the screen of a television or monitor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To grind to an edge; cut to a sloping edge; bevel.
- noun The slope at the edge of a cutting-tool, as a chisel or plane. It is generally single, but sometimes double.
- noun The oblique side or face of a gem; specifically, one of four similarly situated four-sided facets on the top or crown of a brilliant, which are sometimes called
templets . See cut underbrilliant . - noun In jewelry: That part of the setting of a precious stone which incloses it and by which it is held in place.
- noun A flat surface of gold engraved with any device to serve as a seal, when a stone is not used. See
chaton . - noun In watch-making, the grooved flange or rim in which the crystal of a watch is set.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
sloping edge orface on a cutting tool - noun The
oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of abrilliant (diamond), which projects from itssetting - noun The
rim andflange which encompasses and fastens ajewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set; thecollet . - noun The
panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which usually has its own preinstalled bezel.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sloping edge on a cutting tool
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The kindle could be more sleek if the bezel is thinner and allow more room for bigger screen.
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The bezel is 45 mm in diameter and the entire case is made of light weight Titanium.
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Fitted into the hole like a jewel in a bezel was a smaller volume, about the size of a small chapbook, bound in white leather with the title printed in gilded Latin letters.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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Fitted into the hole like a jewel in a bezel was a smaller volume, about the size of a small chapbook, bound in white leather with the title printed in gilded Latin letters.
City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009
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Forty-two diamonds encircle the bezel, which is the edge of the ringâ ™ s face, and two larger football-shaped diamonds are on each side of the bezel.
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The bezel is a little thinner, too, making for a noticeably smaller top surface area.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Chad Sapieha 2011
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Instead of physical buttons, the PlayBook takes advantage of a half-inch touch-sensitive border, called a bezel, that runs around the front screen like a photo frame.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Omar El Akkad 2011
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(The bezel is a good place to put your thumbs when you're holding the iPad, so you can keep a solid grip without interfering with the touchscreen.)
Macworld Jason Snell 2010
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