bevel
Meaning of bevel
noun
- a slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge.
a very small 45° bevel is ground on the top surface
- change (a square edge on an object) to a sloping one.
polish the face of the plate and bevel the edge
late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘oblique’): from an Old French diminutive of baif ‘open-mouthed’, from baer ‘to gape’ (see bay3).
Information about bevel
- The plural form of bevel is: bevels.
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Hyphenation of bevel
bevel
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- bevel is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
bevel synonyms
Meaning cant:
Meaning chamfer:
Meaning a difference in level or sideways position between the two ends or sides of a thing:
Meaning a sloping position:
Meaning the space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet:
Meaning another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun):
Meaning a straight line joining two opposite corners of a square, rectangle, or other straight-sided shape:
Meaning a sloping position or movement:
Meaning a grooved ring holding the cover of a watch face or other instrument in position:
Translation of bevel
- Italian: smussare, bisello
- German: abkanten
- French: émousser, biseau
- Spanish: achaflanar, bisel
- Portuguese: alisar, bisel, chanfradura
Anagrams of bevel
Words that rhyme with bevel
devel, dischevel, dishevel, shevel, Knievel, kevel, apilevel, baselevel, bilevel, errorlevel, level, microlevel, midlevel, multilevel, nonlevel, relevel, sealevel, spasmolevel, spiritlevel, sublevel, tomolevel, underlevel, unlevel, knevel, nevel, drevel, revel, stevel
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