bevel
noun
the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
bevelled
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past participleof bevel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bevel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bevelnounthe inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles. -
a word derived from
bevel.
bevelnounthe inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
Example Sentences
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He has also acted in theatre and on screen, busked, potted, bevelled glass, made music and made people laugh - he's about to cameo in TV series Black Comedy, which showcases indigenous sketches.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2019
After the second set of microelectrodes was implanted, the excised portion of Scheuermann’s skull was returned—though it was bevelled at the seams to allow the wires to pass through to the pedestals.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018
"The cause is Ozymandian The map of Sapokanikan Is sanded and bevelled The land lone and levelled By some unrecorded and powerful hand Which plays along the monument And drums upon a plastic bag"
From The Verge ● Oct. 23, 2015
Staff would deliver trays of prototype phones for him to inspect and pore over, spinning them to check for balance and running his fingers across the bevelled edges and joints.
From Reuters ● Aug. 20, 2013
This angle, however, gives to the tool a keenness that will cause chattering on brass work unless the top face be bevelled to the tool body, as is a to b in the figure.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
