chamfer
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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chamfers,
present (3rd person singular)
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chamfered,
past participle, past
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chamfering
present participle
noun
verb
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to cut such a surface on (a beam, etc)
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another word for chase 2
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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chamfersimple
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chamferssimple
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have chamferedperfect
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has chamferedperfect
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am chamferingprogressive
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are chamferingprogressive
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is chamferingprogressive
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have been chamferingperfect progressive
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has been chamferingperfect progressive
Past
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chamferedsimple
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had chamferedperfect
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was chamferingprogressive
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were chamferingprogressive
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had been chamferingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of chamfer
1595–1605; back formation from chamfering (taken as chamfer + -ing 1 ) < Middle French chamfrein, variant of chanfreint beveled edge, originally past participle of chanfraindre to bevel, equivalent to chant edge (< Latin canthus; see cant 2) + fraindre to break < Latin frangere; see frangible
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“Like the chamfer of the instrument or the edges of it. And you would think ‘What do I like about this and why do I like it more than that one?’
From Washington Times ● Mar. 22, 2020
The overall sole width is 3 mm wider, but effective sole width is 1 millimeter wider due to a rear sole chamfer.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 10, 2020
Finally, a chamfer on the topline provides a more traditional look.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 26, 2019
Used on a regular drill, a chamfer routing bit creates a uniform beveled edge.
From Time Magazine Archive
LIV., which is the favorite chamfer at Bourges and Bayeux, and in other good French work.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
Pare down the corners of both chamfers, and pare each side symmetrically, so as to produce a blade gradually diminishing throughout from a back 3⁄16 in. thick to a sharp edge.
From Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes by John D. Sutcliffe
It is sometimes advisable, as in laying out chamfers, not to mark their edges with a marking-gage, because the marks will show after the chamfer is planed off.
From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes
Mark with a pencil—not gauge—the chamfers on the ends of the posts and plane them off.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
In general, however, the shallow chamfers, a, b, e, and f, Fig.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
The lanceolate windows, the time-eaten archstones and chamfers, the orientation of the axis, the misty chestnut work of the rafters, referred to no exploded fortifying art or worn-out religious creed.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The tops of p, q, n and g all taper into what marketing materials call “slight chamfered spurs” to create more white space.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
As Alexandra Lange has written about in these pages, Jony Ive, of Apple, a self-proclaimed adept of Rams, lovingly crafts smooth, chamfered edges for his company’s world-conquering products.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2019
This self-consciously “iconic” object, useful for fundraising perhaps, began to look increasingly shallow as the surroundings evolved into an area of chamfered glass towers.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2016
Instead of smooth, rounded curves, the 6P has chamfered corners and 90-degree angles — but they're done well enough that it doesn't feel rough in the hand.
From The Verge ● Oct. 20, 2015
When, however, the joint faces stand vertically and come brass and brass, the oil hole may be filed half in the joint face of each brass, and the edges chamfered off as in Figs.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Using dividers to mark for cuts A similar device used for chamfering the edges of the blanks is also shown in Fig.
From Advanced Toy Making for Schools by David M. Mitchell
Cut the posts to length, chamfering both top and bottoms somewhat so that they shall not splinter or cause injury to the hands.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
Cut the four posts to length, chamfering the ends somewhat so that they will not splinter when in use.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
The same style of ornamentation was generally found round the edges of the stone-work of the windows, most commonly by chamfering off the square angle of the stone-work.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Samuel Smiles
Thru chamfering is best done with a plane, Fig.
From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes
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