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Word: Chamfer
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘flute or furrow’): back-formation from chamfering, from French chamfrain, from chant ‘edge’ (see cant) + fraint ‘broken’ (from Old French fraindre ‘break’, from Latin frangere)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈ(t)ʃamfə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in carpentry) cut away (a right-angled edge or corner) to make a symmetrical sloping edge
Short Definition:cut away right-angled edge or corner
Examples:- a neat chamfered edge
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