chisel
noun
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
have chiselled
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present perfectof chisel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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India's 'Prince' may have chiselled, film star-like good looks, but he will be prepared to fight if the crown slips.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
Firefighters have chiselled through a concrete block to rescue a fox cub after it became trapped between a garage and stone wall.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2022
For instance, how few of us have chiselled nostrils!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various
The chasm has perpendicular, though irregular, sides, which the waves have chiselled out very square.
From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Canova could not have chiselled the monument without tears.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
