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chamfers
We have found lemma(root) word of chamfers : chamfer.
Definitions
[ˈ(t)ʃamfə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (in carpentry) cut away (a right-angled edge or corner) to make a symmetrical sloping edge
(e.g: a neat chamfered edge)
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Origin
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mid 16th century (in the sense ‘flute or furrow’): back-formation from chamfering, from French chamfrain, from chant ‘edge’ (see cant) + fraint ‘broken’ (from Old French fraindre ‘break’, from Latin frangere)
[ˈ(t)ʃamfə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a symmetrical sloping surface at an edge or corner
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Origin
:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘flute or furrow’): back-formation from chamfering, from French chamfrain, from chant ‘edge’ (see cant) + fraint ‘broken’ (from Old French fraindre ‘break’, from Latin frangere)
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