chamfer
noun
a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces.
chamfered
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past participleof chamfer.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 chamfer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
chamfernouna cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces.
Example Sentences
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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
The arcades are of four bays, with chamfered equilateral arches, springing from shafted piers; the capitals of the two central ones being ornamented with foliage of a decorated character; the others being plain.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter
