bevel
bevel definition
bevel (bev′əl)
noun
- a tool consisting of a rule with a movable arm, used in measuring or marking angles and in fixing surfaces at an anglealso bevel square
- an angle other than a right angle
- 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
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