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bezel

Best crossword clue

"Gem-setting rim"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɛz.əl/Part of speech nounSorted beelzStarts with BEnds with L2 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2E3Z4E5L

Definitions

  1. a sloping edge on a cutting tool

Word origin

Borrowed from French bisel, a dialectal variant of biseau (“sloping edge”), a variation on bijou (“jewel”), itself from Breton bisou, bizou (“ring worn on the finger”), from biz (“finger”).

Used in a sentence

  • “There,” she went on, “it must be one like to it, and yet never did I see one like to it, for thereto hung a history, and he who wore it prized it much. But the scarab that I knew was not set thus in the bezel of a ring.
  • Modern smartphones have very thin bezels.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Gem-setting rim5 letters
02Watch-face rim5 letters

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