chisel
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈtʃɪzəl/
:
cincel
- His tools included a chisel, knife, saw, and a piece of iron.
- hammers and chisels
- chisel marks
- using a chisel
So I thought I'd show you how I keep my chisels really sharp.
- So I thought I'd show you how I keep my chisels really sharp.
- And you just you don't get that with chisels.
- The blows of his chisel, which hurt us so much, are what make us perfect.
- We found pounding stones and we found copper and Flint chisels and we found very simple sort of hand tools.
- And they were carved using chisels, hammers, pickaxes, simple metal tools.
- The Czar of Russia engaged in manual labor, learning how to use axes and chisels and hammers to build a ship.
- He's got this giant stone and he's got like just a couple of metal chisels and, and a hammer and he puts a couple of them in and then crack the whole thing splits open, right?
- It was just, you know, it was a, a chisel to the kneecaps.
Examples
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Might as well pick up a chisel and find yourself some granite.
Fiction book (1997) -
And our chisel has a beveled front and a flat back.
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His tools consist of a small knife, a chisel, and a little ax.
Academic text (2004) -
I'll use a Japanese saw and chisels to create a recess which will receive the new wood.
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But I really like to use chisels for this, just sort of freehand that curve.
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Carve all answers with a well-sharpened No. 2 chisel.
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Her father's hammer and chisel came out of his battered curio bag.
Fiction book (2000) -
PHOTO (COLOR): Other European artifacts discovered in the mound include this iron chisel and broken spike.
Academic text (2009) -
We found pounding stones and we found copper and Flint chisels and we found very simple sort of hand tools.
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The sculptor carefully used a chisel to shape the marble into a beautiful statue.
Synonyms
1
3.5
A hand tool with a sharp blade used to cut and shape wood
1
3.9
A tool with a sharp edge used to cut and shape wood and other materials
A metal tool for cutting and breaking stone or brick without heating
A narrow steel tool for cutting stone and bricks
A tool with a thin flat metal blade used to cut and shape wood
A tool with a broad flat metal blade for smoothing or shaping stone surfaces
A broad chisel used by stone workers to smooth stone
A long, strong hand tool with a bent blade for prying and cleaning deep joints in wood
Compounds
- Specialized
A tool with a broad flat metal blade for smoothing or shaping stone surfaces
- Specialized
A long, strong hand tool with a bent blade for prying and cleaning deep joints in wood
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chisel comes from an old Latin word cisellum, built on the root caed- which means 'to cut'. A chisel was literally a small cutting tool, which is why we use it to shape wood, stone, or metal.