bevel
Plural: bevels
Noun
- two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
- An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
- An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
- A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
Verb
Verb Forms: beveled, beveling, bevels, bevelled, bevelling
- To cut a surface at an angle.
- cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
- "bevel the surface"
- To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.
Adj
- Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
- Morally distorted; not upright.
Examples
- a bevel angle
- His clever word placement seemed to bevel away my chances of winning.
- to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English *bevel, from Anglo-Norman *baivel (whence obsolete French beauveau) a diminutive of Old French baïf (“open-mouthed”), perhaps from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape, yawn, be open”), probably of imitative origin. If so, then related to Italian badare.
Scrabble Score: 10
bevel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbevel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bevel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary