bevel
Noun:
- A sloping surface or edge: A bevel is a surface that meets another surface at an angle other than a 90-degree (right) angle.
- A tool for measuring or marking angles: A bevel is a hand tool, often consisting of two arms hinged together, used to measure, transfer, or draw angles.
Verb:
- To cut or shape a sloping edge: To bevel means to cut, shape, or form a surface so that it meets another surface at an angle that is not a right angle.
Noun:
- The carpenter used a bevel to mark the angle for the roof joint.
- The mirror had a decorative bevel around its edge.
Verb:
- You must bevel the edges of the glass to prevent chipping.
- The machinist bevelled the metal plate for a better fit.
"Bevel gear": A gear with teeth cut on a conical surface, used to transmit motion between intersecting shafts. (Note: This is a compound term listed separately as a related concept).
- The differential in a car uses bevel gears.
"Bevel square": Another term for the tool, emphasizing its use for checking squareness and angles.
- He adjusted the bevel square to 45 degrees.
Beveled/ Bevelled (Adjective): Having a bevel or sloping edge.
- The tabletop has a beautifully beveled edge.
Beveling/ Bevelling (Noun): The process or result of creating a bevel.
- The beveling on that woodwork is very precise.
- Noun (for a sloping edge): Chamfer, slant, slope, angle.
- Noun (for the tool): Angle gauge, sliding bevel.
- Verb: Chamfer, angle, slant, miter.
(Note: "Bevel" is a technical term and does not commonly form standard phrasal verbs. Its use is typically direct.) - "To bevel off": To remove material to create a bevel (a less common but understood construction). - Bevel off the sharp corner for safety.
(Note: "Bevel" is a specialized technical term and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)
- a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
- two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
- bevel the surface