Meaning of chamfer in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈ(t)ʃæmfər/

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1. Verb

   chamfer

   Etymology

   mid 16th century (in the sense ‘flute or furrow’): back-formation from chamfering, from French chamfrain, from chant‘edge’ (see cant) + fraint‘broken’ (from Old French fraindre‘break’, from Latin frangere)

   Definitions

   1. cut a bevel on

   Examples

   • « shape to a bevel »
   • « bevel the surface »
2. 2. cut a furrow into a columns

3. Noun

   chamfer

   Definitions

   1. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees