bevel

Meaning of bevel

noun
  1. 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
verb
  1. 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:

cant, chamfer

Meaning chamfer:

chamfer

Meaning a difference in level or sideways position between the two ends or sides of a thing:

slope

Meaning a sloping position:

slant

Meaning the space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet:

angle

Meaning another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun):

oblique

Meaning a straight line joining two opposite corners of a square, rectangle, or other straight-sided shape:

diagonal

Meaning a sloping position or movement:

tilt

Meaning a grooved ring holding the cover of a watch face or other instrument in position:

bezel

Translation of bevel

Anagrams of bevel

belve

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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