CHAMFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chamfer mean? 

• CHAMFER (noun)
  The noun CHAMFER has 1 sense:

1. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

  Familiarity information: CHAMFER used as a noun is very rare.

• CHAMFER (verb)
  The verb CHAMFER has 2 senses:

1. cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel

2. cut a furrow into a columns

  Familiarity information: CHAMFER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAMFER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bevel; cant; chamfer

Hypernyms ("chamfer" is a kind of...):

edge (a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chamfer"):

splay (an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger)

Derivation:

chamfer (cut a furrow into a columns)

chamfer (cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel)

• CHAMFER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they chamfer    ... he / she / it chamfers   
Past simple: chamfered   
Past participle: chamfered   
-ing form: chamfering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bevel; chamfer

Context example:

bevel the surface

Hypernyms (to "chamfer" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chamfer"):

miter (bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint)

cone (make cone-shaped)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

chamfer (two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cut a furrow into a columns

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

chamfer; chase; furrow

Hypernyms (to "chamfer" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

chamfer (two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees)