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chamfer

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæm.fə/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈt͡ʃæm.fɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈt͡ʃɛəm.fɚ] /æ/ raising
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈt͡ʃæːm.fə/
  • Australian: [ˈt͡ʃeːm.fə] /æ/ raising
  • New-Zealand: /ˈt͡ʃɛm.fə/

1

noun

Meaning 1

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: round, bevel

Antonyms: fillet

2

verb

Meaning 2

To cut off the edge or corner of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bevel

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To cut a groove in something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flute

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bevel, cant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edge

Narrower terms: splay

5

verb

Meaning 5

cut a furrow into a columns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: furrow, chase

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cut

6

verb

Meaning 6

cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bevel the surface

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bevel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cut

Narrower terms: miter, cone

History

Etymology

Back-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“to break”).

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: скосен ръб (skosen rǎb) — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Bulgarian: фаска (faska) — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Bulgarian: жлеб (žleb) — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Catalan: xamfrà — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Czech: zkosení — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Czech: sražení (hrany) — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Czech: úkos — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Dutch: afschuining — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Finnish: viiste — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • French: chanfrein — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • French: champfrain — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: Fase — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: Abfasung — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: Abschrägung — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: Auskehlung — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: Hohlrinne — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: Schrägkante — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: Schräge — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: abgefaste Kante — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: abgeschrägte Kante — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: gebrochene Kante — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • German: Schrägung — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Italian: bisello — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Japanese: 面取り (mentori) — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Maltese: ċanfrin — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Polish: faza — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Portuguese: chanfradura — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Portuguese: chanfra — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Portuguese: chanfro — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Russian: фа́ска (fáska) — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Serbo-Croatian: skošena ivica — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Spanish: chaflán — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Spanish: ochava — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Spanish: chanfle — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Swedish: fas — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Swedish: avfasning — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Swedish: bruten kant — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Swedish: skråkant — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Swedish: vankant — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Turkish: kanal — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Turkish: şev — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Turkish: oluk — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Ottoman Turkish: ییو (yiv) — an angled relief or cut at an edge
  • Bulgarian: рендосвам (rendosvam) — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Bulgarian: правя фаска (pravja faska) — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Czech: srazit — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Czech: zkosit — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Dutch: afschuinen — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Finnish: viistää — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Finnish: viistota — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • French: chanfreiner — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • German: fasen — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • German: abfasen — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • German: anfasen — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • German: anschrägen — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • German: abschrägen — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Ido: bizelizar — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Māori: heretua — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Māori: whakatipihori — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Portuguese: chanfrar — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Russian: снима́ть фа́ску (snimátʹ fásku) — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Serbo-Croatian: skositi — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Spanish: achaflanar — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Spanish: chaflanar — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Spanish: chanflear — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Spanish: despalmar — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Swedish: fasa — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Swedish: bryta — to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
  • Bulgarian: издялвам (izdjalvam) — to cut a groove in something
  • Dutch: groeven — to cut a groove in something
  • Finnish: uurtaa — to cut a groove in something
  • German: auskehlen — to cut a groove in something
  • German: einkerben — to cut a groove in something
  • German: furchen — to cut a groove in something
  • German: rillen — to cut a groove in something
  • German: nuten — to cut a groove in something
  • German: einfurchen — to cut a groove in something