| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cham·fer |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ch m f r |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: cham·fered, cham·fer·ing, cham·fers
1. To cut off the edge or corner of; bevel. 2. To cut a groove in; flute. | | NOUN: | 1. A flat surface made by cutting off the edge or corner of a block of wood or other material. 2. A furrow or groove, as in a column. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably back-formation from chamfering, from French chanfrein, bevelled edge, from past participle of Old French chanfreindre, to bevel : chant, edge (from Latin canthus, iron tire; see cant1) + fraindre, to break (from Latin frangere; see bhreg- in Appendix I).
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