to chisel

Examples

• All

• Old Tucker, the town stonecarver, is at work chiseling a name into a gravemarker.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The artist began to chisel the details of the statue from the marble block.

• I can chisel them out.

  Killing Jesus (2015)

• Literally you can chisel out that jawline.

• And then I chiseled down a little ledge right there.

• I was just thinking about that sculptor chiseling away at that rock.

  God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)

• I shall have it chiseled in granite.

  Windrider (1986)

• Across the face of the white stone, he chiseled these final words: Healer & Loyal Friend.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The name of Sarah's mother, Rose Talbot, was chiseled above the dates of her birth and death.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Unlike other canals that were excavated in soft alluvium, it was chiseled into bedrock.

  Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

C

to carve

vsto chisel

272 2.1

Cut shapes and patterns into wood, stone and other hard materials

uses a single handheld metal tool to cut or shape material

T

to tool

vsto chisel

2 6.0

To shape or work material by using tools

refers specifically to cutting or shaping with one pointed handheld instrument

C

to chisel away

vsto chisel

1 5.4

To remove small pieces from something slowly by steady effort

involves cutting or shaping solid material with a pointed handheld instrument

Phrasal Verbs

C

to chisel away

1 5.4

To remove small pieces from something slowly by steady effort

C

to chisel in

• Informal

7.7

Interrupt someone who is speaking by joining their conversation without waiting

Compounds

W

wood chisel

1 3.5

A hand tool with a sharp blade used to cut and shape wood

C

chisel steel

• Specialized

6.2

A hard strong metal used to make chisels and other cutting tools

C

chisel-like

6.4

Long and thin with a sharp edge like a chisel

C

cold chisel

7.0

A metal tool for cutting and breaking stone or brick without heating

D

drove chisel

• Specialized

9.8

A tool with a broad flat metal blade for smoothing or shaping stone surfaces

F

firmer chisel

• Specialized

7.5

A tool with a thin flat metal blade used to cut and shape wood

R

ripping chisel

• Specialized

9.3

A long, strong hand tool with a bent blade for prying and cleaning deep joints in wood

S

set chisel

• Specialized

8.1

A narrow steel tool for cutting stone and bricks

How Deep

to sculpt

57 4.3

to carve

272 2.1

to chisel

19 5.1

to chip

104 2.3

to nick

33 3.5

to scratch

161 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology