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Word entry · 5 letters

bevel

Best crossword clue

"Slanted edge"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɛv.əl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted beelvStarts with BEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel

Word origin

From Middle English *bevel, from Anglo-Norman *baivel (whence obsolete French beauveau) a diminutive of Old French baïf (“open-mouthed”), perhaps from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape, yawn, be open”), probably of imitative origin. If so, then related to Italian badare.

Used in a sentence

  • to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab
  • finding the length with a bevel
  • The different types of dice made for cheating (flat passers, bevels, cut edges, loaded dice, […]

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