Definitions for chamfer

chamfer cham·fer

Spelling: [cham-fer]
IPA: /ˈtʃæm fər/

Chamfer is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 206 anagrams from letters in chamfer (acefhmr).

Definitions for chamfer

noun

  1. a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make a chamfer on or in.

Origin of chamfer

1595-1605; back formation from chamfering (taken as chamfer + -ing1) Middle French chamfrein, variant of chanfreint beveled edge, orig. past participle of c

Examples for chamfer

Ten inches down, and on the same side, with the chamfer is a cross gain , the same angle as the chamfer.

(the top stone being made deeper that you may have room to chamfer it).

The chamfer circles are left out of these figures to reduce the number of lines and so keep the engraving clear.

chamfer the handles, as shown, for four inches from one end.

On this account it is better to draw the chamfer at 45 degrees, as correct results may be obtained with the least trouble.

And thus much may serve concerning angle decoration by chamfer.

The top was to project and have a bevel, or chamfer, also the bottom.

The outer edges representing a chamfer are horizontally lined.

Round and chamfer the small end about an inch upon the sides.

The borders of the arches are simple rectangles without even a chamfer, but the effect is excellent.

Word Value for chamfer
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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