Definitions for facet

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facet fac·et

Spelling: [fas-it]

IPA: /ˈfæs ɪt/

Facet is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in facet (aceft).

Definitions for facet

noun

1. one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
2. a similar surface cut on a fragment of rock by the action of water, windblown sand, etc.
3. aspect; phase:
4. Architecture. any of the faces of a column cut in a polygonal form.
5. Zoology. one of the corneal lenses of a compound arthropod eye.
6. Anatomy. a small, smooth, flat area on a hard surface, especially on a bone.
7. Dentistry. a small, highly burnished area, usually on the enamel surface of a tooth, produced by abrasion between opposing teeth in chewing.

verb (used with object)

1. to cut facets on.

Origin of facet

First recorded in 1615-25, facet is from the French word facette little face. See face, -et

Examples for facet

They were on a facet of the hill not quite so advantageous as others.

In the larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed.

Every facet of his identity, taken alone, seemed at war with every other part of him.

Besides, this was a facet of Budapest life he had yet to investigate.

Every facet of the sprawling IC operation was being checked.

The opercular has a facet for articulation with the hyomandibular.

That reality taints every facet of our existence, in Ferguson and beyond.

Then LaPierre went on to blame every other facet of our culture for the problem.

A reader senses both storyteller and critic fighting for full expression on the page, one facet overlaying the other.

The thing that set Brown apart, however, is his command over every facet of his show.