Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cut off the edge or corner of; bevel.
- transitive verb To cut a groove in; flute.
- noun A flat surface made by cutting off the edge or corner of a block of wood or other material.
- noun A furrow or groove, as in a column.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- noun In carpentry, a groove or furrow.
- noun 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 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Carp.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.
- transitive verb To make a chamfer on.
- noun The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun woodworking, engineering, drafting, CAD an
obtuse -angled relief orcut at anedge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges - verb transitive to cut off the edge or
corner of something; tobevel - verb transitive to cut a
groove in something; toflute
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- verb cut a furrow into a columns
- verb cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A chamfer is a surface produced by cutting away an arris.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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i want to figure out the code behind drafting of lines, polylines, and all drawing elements and other features such as chamfer, fillets, many more features that i can't recollect now. regards, Ben please email me at sundar. b.maniatgmail.com
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i want to figure out the code behind drafting of lines, polylines, and all drawing elements and other features such as chamfer, fillets, many more features that i can't recollect now.
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BTW, I always trim for length and chamfer for every load.
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BTW, I always trim for length and chamfer for every load.
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Might also chamfer the edges just a little with a file.
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Might also chamfer the edges just a little with a file.
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Mine had a chamfer, a fillet, and a few odd channels.
Colin Summers: Learning to Draw Colin Summers 2010
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But it's also got a potentially crotch-savaging homemade leather saddle that would make Eric "The Chamferer" Murray chamfer out his own eyeballs in horror:
Contingency Plans: Fresh Rolls, Pit Dogs, Wet Feet, and Spare Wheels BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Slightly chamfer the risers at the cross-grain end.
Chapter 9 Rolf Becher 1993
reesetee commented on the word chamfer
A cut made in wood or other material at a 45° angle to the adjacent faces
February 9, 2007
fearraigh commented on the word chamfer
Made by planing, or chiselling off an arris
February 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word chamfer
Thanks for the info (and the new word), fearraigh. :-)
February 23, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word chamfer
"A beveled face formed by cutting off a corner of stone or timber." (Pretty much the same definition as is already listed here, but this one penetrated my tiny brain faster. :) )
August 24, 2008
thtownse commented on the word chamfer
Often found in National and State forests. More common in summer. Variable number of sleeping accommodations.
July 20, 2012