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bevel

('b/E/v/@/l )

two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
cant, chamfer

source: wordnet30
a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
bevel square

source: wordnet30
Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.(noun)

source: webster1913

cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel(verb.contact)

Example:
Bevel the surface.

Synonym:
chamfer

source: wordnet30
To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.(verb)

source: webster1913
To deviate or incline from an angle of 90°, as a surface; to slant.(verb)

source: webster1913

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