Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Grooved; furrowed; figuratively, wrinkled.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of chamfer.

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Examples

  • It consists of a steel blade, having the form of a wedge at the end and being slightly hollow-chamfered, which is joined with a handle.

    2. Tools and Fasteners/Joining Elements for Nailing and Screwing Harald Stelzer 1993

  • Two backlit benches line the wall beneath a gently vaulted ceiling; lights somehow embedded in a door with chamfered edges cast a glow.

    The Pared Minimum Julie V. Iovine 2011

  • Suppose the chamfered (is that the word?) edges help.

    Inspector Gadget – 3 Million Hits! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • Set on a chamfered street corner, the hostel is spread over six floors a grand mansion and consequently never feels cramped.

    10 of the best hostels in Barcelona 2011

  • Nowhere has he been more successful at confounding expectations — in a good way — than in the main theater, where the digital-like wire grid motif takes on folds, crimps and chamfered edges, making the truly blue space feel comfortably snug although being inside a quilted Chanel bag also comes to mind and ready-made for at least a double feature.

    Designed to Evoke the Future of Filmmaking... Julie V. Iovine 2011

  • Note the vertical surfaces at the wheel arches and the crisp defining light lines around the cabin's greenhouse, as well as the chamfered hood line.

    The Beetle Mans Up Dan Neil 2011

  • Mind you – I did once write up a polcol where the lass had changed her own tyre and put all 5 nuts on the wrong way – you know, with the chamfered end out!

    It’s A Car Tyre – I Can Manage – Go Away! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • Post sharpener - puts a chamfered end on wooden posts.

    What Is It? Game 112 » E-Mail 2009

  • Note the vertical surfaces at the wheel arches and the crisp defining light lines around the cabin's greenhouse, as well as the chamfered hood line.

    The Beetle Mans Up 2011

  • Post sharpener - puts a chamfered end on wooden posts.

    What Is It? Game 112 2009

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