Meanings
verbchamfer (third-person singular simple present chamfers, present participle chamfering, simple past and past participle chamfered)
present singular third person chamfers · participle present chamfering · participle past chamfered · past chamfered
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
Opposite
verbTo cut off the edge or corner of something.
Similar
verbTo cut a groove in something.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincanthus
- Old Frenchchanfraindre
- Middle Frenchchanfrain
- Englishchamfer
Back-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“to break”).
More words from Middle French, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian скосен ръб, фаска
- скосен ръб (skosen răb)an angled relief or cut at an edge
- фаска (faska)an angled relief or cut at an edge
- жлеб (žleb)an angled relief or cut at an edge
- рендосвам (rendosvam)to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- правя фаска (pravja faska)to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- издялвам (izdjalvam)to cut a groove in something
Catalan xamfrà
- xamfràan angled relief or cut at an edge
Chinese Mandarin 倒角
- 倒角 (dǎojiǎo)an angled relief or cut at an edge
Czech zkosení, sražení (hrany)
- zkosenían angled relief or cut at an edge
- sražení (hrany)an angled relief or cut at an edge
- úkosan angled relief or cut at an edge
- srazitto cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- zkositto cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
Dutch afschuining, afschuinen
- afschuiningan angled relief or cut at an edge
- afschuinento cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- groevento cut a groove in something
Finnish viiste, viistää
- viistean angled relief or cut at an edge
- viistääto cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- viistotato cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- uurtaato cut a groove in something
French chanfrein, champfrain
- chanfreinan angled relief or cut at an edge
- champfrainan angled relief or cut at an edge
- chanfreinerto cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
German Fase, Abfasung
- Fasean angled relief or cut at an edge
- Abfasungan angled relief or cut at an edge
- Abschrägungan angled relief or cut at an edge
- Auskehlungan angled relief or cut at an edge
- Hohlrinnean angled relief or cut at an edge
- Schrägkantean angled relief or cut at an edge
- Schrägean angled relief or cut at an edge
- abgefaste Kantean angled relief or cut at an edge
- abgeschrägte Kantean angled relief or cut at an edge
- gebrochene Kantean angled relief or cut at an edge
- Schrägungan angled relief or cut at an edge
- fasento cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- abfasento cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- anfasento cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- anschrägento cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- abschrägento cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- auskehlento cut a groove in something
- einkerbento cut a groove in something
- furchento cut a groove in something
- rillento cut a groove in something
- nutento cut a groove in something
- einfurchento cut a groove in something
Italian bisello
- biselloan angled relief or cut at an edge
Japanese 面取り
- 面取り (mentori)an angled relief or cut at an edge
Māori heretua, whakatipihori
- heretuato cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- whakatipihorito cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
Polish faza
- fazaan angled relief or cut at an edge
Portuguese chanfradura, chanfra
- chanfraduraan angled relief or cut at an edge
- chanfraan angled relief or cut at an edge
- chanfroan angled relief or cut at an edge
- chanfrarto cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
Russian фа́ска, снима́ть фа́ску
- фа́ска (fáska)an angled relief or cut at an edge
- снима́ть фа́ску (snimátʹ fásku)to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
Spanish chaflán, ochava
- chaflánan angled relief or cut at an edge
- ochavaan angled relief or cut at an edge
- chanflean angled relief or cut at an edge
- achaflanarto cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- chaflanarto cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- chanflearto cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- despalmarto cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
Swedish fas, avfasning
- fasan angled relief or cut at an edge
- avfasningan angled relief or cut at an edge
- bruten kantan angled relief or cut at an edge
- skråkantan angled relief or cut at an edge
- vankantan angled relief or cut at an edge
- fasato cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
- brytato cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
Turkish kanal, şev
- kanalan angled relief or cut at an edge
- şevan angled relief or cut at an edge
- olukan angled relief or cut at an edge
Cite this entry
APA
chamfer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamfer
MLA
“chamfer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamfer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chamfer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamfer.
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