chamfer
noun
a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces.
chamfers
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present tense formof chamfer (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The pulley d being removed to enable the grinding of cones, chamfers, or tapers of too great an angle to permit of a setting over to the required degree.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The lanccolate windows, the time-eaten arch- stones 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
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 one downstairs room, the "Great Hall," has exposed posts, beams, and wall plates, with chamfers terminating in crude "lamb's tongues."
From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Henry Chandlee Forman
With the knife, make the chamfers shown in Figs.
From Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes by John D. Sutcliffe
