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chamfer
CIDE DICTIONARY
chamfer, n. [See Chamfron.].
The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc. [1913 Webster]
chamfer, v. t.
- To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute. [1913 Webster]
- To make a chamfer on. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chamfer, v. & n.
--v.tr. bevel symmetrically (a right-angled edge or corner).
--n. a bevelled surface at an edge or corner.
--v.tr. bevel symmetrically (a right-angled edge or corner).
--n. a bevelled surface at an edge or corner.
Etymology
back-form. f. chamfering f. F chamfrain f. chant edge (CANT(2)) + fraint broken f. OF fraindre break f. L frangere
ROGET THESAURUS
chamfer
Furrow
N furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit, chamfer, fluting, corduroy road, cradle hole, channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke, moat, fosse, trough, kennel, ravine, tajo, thank-ye-ma'am, furrowed, ribbed, striated, sulcated, fluted, canaliculated, bisulcous, bisulcate, bisulcated, canaliferous, trisulcate, corduroy, unisulcate, costate, rimiform.For further exploring for "chamfer" in Webster Dictionary Online