Definitions for facets

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facets fac·et

Spelling: [fas-it]

IPA: /ˈfæs ɪt/

Facets is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in facets (acefst).

Definitions for facets

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 facets

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

Examples for facets

Template or TimpletOne of the four facets that surround a cut gem.

As a kid he was bullied “every day, in all forms and facets.”

She held it raised so for a moment, watching the play of light from the facets.

He moved the finger so that the light flashed from the facets of the stone.

The religion shaped all facets of life: art, medicine, literature, and even dynastic politics.

The memoir will highlight all facets of Westwood's career, and will include commentary by family and friends.

Luqman explained that they represented the sun shining down on Earth, facets mimicking rays of light.

This warped ideology, Bayor argues, trickled down into all facets of American immigration policy.

Ideally, education addresses all the facets of the human being.

There was a lake on the facets of whose ripples the sunlight danced.