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bevel definition

bevel (bev′əl)

noun

  1. a tool consisting of a rule with a movable arm, used in measuring or marking angles and in fixing surfaces at an angle
    also bevel square
  2. an angle other than a right angle
  3. sloping part or surface, as the angled edge of plate glass

Etymology: prob. < OFr *baivel, dim. < baif, gaping: see bay

adjective

sloped; beveled

transitive verb beveled -·eled or bevelled -·elled, beveling -·el·ing or bevelling -·el·ling

to cut to an angle other than a right angle

intransitive verb

to slope at an angle; slant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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