chamfer

From Middle French chanfrein (which see).

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæm.fɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæm.fə/

chamfer (plural chamfers)

1. (woodworking, engineering, drafting, CAD) an obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges

• (angled relief or cut): round, bevel

• (angled relief or cut): fillet

chamfer (third-person singular simple present chamfers, present participle chamfering, simple past and past participle chamfered)

1. (transitive) to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
2. (transitive) to cut a groove in something; to flute