Bevel Meaning
/ˈbɛv.əl/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
nounAn instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
Sentence Examples
The carpenter used a tool to bevel the edge.
She carefully bevel the wood for a smooth finish.
The carpenter used a tool to create a smooth bevel on the edge.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The carpenter used a tool to ____ the edge of the wooden board.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The carpenter cut a ____ edge on the top of the wooden table today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English *bevel, from Anglo-Norman *baivel (whence obsolete French beauveau) a diminutive of Old French baïf (“open-mouthed”), perhaps from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape, yawn, be open”), probably of imitative origin. If so, then related to Italian badare.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"finding the length with a bevel"
— 1832, Edward Shaw, Civil Architecture:
"The different types of dice made for cheating (flat passers, bevels, cut edges, loaded dice, […]"
— 1974, The New York Times Book Review, volume 2, page 35:
"Bevels are shapes having one or more sides sandpapered so that they are slightly rounded rather than flat."
— 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's Guide to Casino Gambling, page 176:
"I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel."
— 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 121”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The carpenter used a tool to ____ the edge of the wooden board.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The carpenter cut a ____ edge on the top of the wooden table today.