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Webster 1913 Edition


Chamfer

Cham′fer

,
Noun.
[See
Chamfron
.]
The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

Cham′fer

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chamfered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chamfering
.]
1.
(Carp.)
To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.
2.
To make a chamfer on.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chamfer

CHAMFER

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Definition 2024


chamfer

chamfer

English

A chamfer with a lark's tongue upper end

Noun

chamfer (plural chamfers)

  1. (woodworking, engineering, drafting, CAD) an obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (angled relief or cut): fillet

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  2. (transitive) to cut a groove in something; to flute

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