chamfer

Meaning

Noun

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.
2. (transitive) To cut a groove in something.

Opposite of

fillet

Synonyms

bevel

groove

slot

fluting

rifling

cant

furrow

chamfering

miter

facet

chase

bevelling

hollow

incidence

incline

mitre

profile

rebate

round

rounding

scallop

scarf

🧣

scoop out

section

slant

splay

stoop

tangent plane

truncate

undercut

wrinkle

scollop

cavern out

splineway

berel edge

shearing-off

tangental angle

beveling

brush

channel

concave

corner cut

dish

engrave

filleting

flute

🪈

gouge

gouge out

Translations

chanfrein

Fase

gleuf

cannelure

🪈

sleuf

groef

abfasen

chaflán

chanfreiner

Schrägkante

kanal

oluk

chanfradura

smussatura

şev

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃæm.fɚ/

Etymology

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 (“I break”).