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📐 A sloped edge 📐 To make sloped
to chamfer

to chamfer

1 9.3
To cut a sloping edge on something to make it less sharp
  • verb
  • /ˈʧæmfər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : chaflanar
  • Thankfully it doesn't interfere, so I'll go ahead and chamfer the rest of the table holes.
  • chamfered edge
  • chamfer the top

And so the screwdriver was coming in at an angle through this chamfered edge here where we thought it was originally like a thumb pull pry socket area.

Examples

  • Joined as if they grew that way, they look almost seamless, and you can't insert a matchstick between the chamfered edges.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I slightly chamfered the ends as well as the arms.

  • Banks of tall windows, six-on-six lights, delicately chamfered frames painted white, stencil a pattern within the coarse.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • They both share a metal housing (in silver or black) that's lean and smooth, with that reflective, chamfered edge that runs around the border of the display.

    Blog text (27)

  • There's a convenient USB port that, unlike other tablets, doesn't look like a gaping open sore on the delicately chamfered side.

    Blog text (22)

  • From the oleophobic glass face and the smooth aluminum back to the matte metal bezel with polished chamfered edges, everything about the new iPhone screams high-end.

    Blog text (30)

  • To improve the safety of the furniture, he decided to chamfer all the sharp edges.

  • It is important to chamfer the corners of the wood to prevent splinters.

  • Before assembling the shelf, make sure to chamfer the edges for a smoother finish.

Synonyms

to bevel
vsto chamfer
4 7.2

To cut an edge so it slopes away from a right angle

is mainly used to remove a sharp corner rather than only change angle
to cut at a bevel
vsto chamfer
  • Specialized
6.3

To cut the edge of wood or metal at an angle to make it slanted

focuses on removing or softening a sharp corner rather than any angled cut

Compounds

chamfer bit
  • Specialized
9.3

A small tool part for a drill or router that makes a sloped edge on materials

chamfer plane
  • Specialized
9.7

A hand tool for cutting a sloping edge on wood

How Beveled

grind
5 2.5
to chamfer
  • Specialized
1 9.3
to file
7 5.1

Surface Forms

chamfer infinitive
chamfered past
chamfered past participle
chamfering present participle
chamfers third person singular

Etymology

Chamfer as a verb comes from the old French chanfrein, which was the name for cutting a 'sloping corner'. So to chamfer something is to cut its edge to make it smooth and sloped rather than sharp.