CHAMFERS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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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

Word: Chamfer

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈ(t)ʃamfə
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a symmetrical sloping surface at an edge or corner.

Short Definition:

symmetrical sloping surface at edge or corner

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