chisel

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.

Verb

1. To use a chisel.
2. To work something with a chisel.
3. To barge in on (something); to intrude on (something).
4. (informal) To cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.
5. To make small changes to (something), resulting in change over time.
6. To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something).

Concepts

ciseau

burin

ciseler

tailler

buriner

tromper

sculpter

ciseau de menuisier

ciseau à bois

creuser

niquer

👉👌

carotter

émincer

entuber

matoir

entailloir

arracher

empenoir

cisailler

ciseaux

découper

dépecer

entailler

façonner

graver

hacher

tranche

trancher

Synonymes

carve

gouge

cheat

engrave

chop

adze

cutting tool

chipper

cut

cutter

grave

🪦

graver

hew

sculpt

sculpture

slice

swindle

whittle

point-tool

hoax

hoodwink

trick

wedge

bamboozle

crowbar

incise

bilk

pare

groove

gyp

chase

deceive

chip

engraving tool

cozen

rip off

rook

cut off

scissors

✂️

put one across

humbug

impose

inscribe

jockey

juggle

knife

🔪

mattock

mince

mine

model

mulct

nag

notch

nuzzle

pare off

pierce

plane

quarrel

rout

scoop

screw

gad picker

caulking hammer

sham

shark

🦈

sharp

shave

shortchange

short-change

spade

split

spoof

stone

🪨

stylus

take in

trench

welch

whipsaw

plow bit

yew

play tricks

cavern

character

bore

sculp

chiseling tool

bluff

chop up

circumvent

con

clink

coulter

create

cut fine

flat chisel

drill

dupe

betray

etch

facet

fashion

fiddle

finagle

fool

gad

gip

goldbrick

flim-flam

small hatchet

hack

hash

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪzəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English chisel, chesel, from Old Northern French chisel, cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”), from Latin caedere (“cut”).