BEVEL (bevelled, bevelling)
Dictionary entry overview: What does bevel mean?
• BEVEL (noun)
The noun BEVEL has 2 senses:
1. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
2. a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
Familiarity information: BEVEL used as a noun is rare.
• BEVEL (verb)
The verb BEVEL has 1 sense:
1. cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
Familiarity information: BEVEL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEVEL (noun)
Meaning:
Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bevel; chamfer; cant
Hypernyms ("bevel" is a kind of...):
edge (a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bevel"):
splay (an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger)
Meaning:
A hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bevel square; bevel
Hypernyms ("bevel" is a kind of...):
hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)
• BEVEL (verb)
Meaning:
Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
bevel; chamfer
Context example:
bevel the surface
Hypernyms (to "bevel" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bevel"):
miter (bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint)
cone (make cone-shaped)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
