chamfer

English

A chamfer with a lark's tongue upper end

Etymology

From Middle French chanfrein, from Latin frenum

Pronunciation

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(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæm.fɚ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæm.fə/

Noun

chamfer (plural chamfers)

(woodworking, engineering, drafting, CAD) an obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges

Synonyms

(angled relief or cut): round, bevel

Antonyms

(angled relief or cut): fillet

Translations

an angled relief or cut at an edge

Bulgarian: скосен ръб (skosen rǎb), фаска (faska), жлеб (bg) (žleb)
Dutch: afschuining f
French: chanfrein (fr) m, champfrain (fr)
German: Fase (de) f, Abfasung (de) f, Abschrägung f, Auskehlung f, Hohlrinne f, Schrägkante f, Schräge f, abgefaste Kante f, abgeschrägte Kante f, gebrochene Kante f, Schrägung f
Italian: bisello (it) m
Japanese: 面取り (めんとり, mentori)
Portuguese: chanfradura (pt) f, chanfra f, chanfro (pt) m

Russian: фа́ска (ru) f (fáska)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: skošena ivica
Spanish: chaflán (es) m
Swedish: fas (sv) c, avfasning c, bruten kant c
Turkish: kanal (tr), şev (tr), oluk (tr)

Verb

chamfer (third-person singular simple present chamfers, present participle chamfering, simple past and past participle chamfered)

(transitive) to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
(transitive) to cut a groove in something; to flute

Translations

to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel

Bulgarian: рендосвам (bg) (ръбове), правя фаска
Dutch: afschuinen (nl)
French: chanfreiner (fr)
German: fasen (de), abfasen (de), anfasen (de), anschrägen, abschrägen
Ido: bizelizar (io)
Maori: heretua, whakatipihori

Portuguese: chanfrar (pt)
Russian: снима́ть (snimátʹ) фаску (fasku) (snimatʼ fásku)
Serbo-Croatian: skositi
Spanish: achaflanar (es)
Swedish: fasa (sv), bryta (sv)

to cut a groove in something

Bulgarian: издялвам (bg) (жлеб)
Dutch: groeven (nl)

German: auskehlen, einkerben, furchen (de), rillen, nuten (de), einfurchen

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