chisel
IPA: tʃˈɪzʌɫ
noun
- A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.
- Gravel.
- (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
verb
- (intransitive) To use a chisel.
- (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
- (transitive, intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something from (someone) by cheating.
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Examples of "chisel" in Sentences
- The blade is sharpened to a chisel bevel.
- The are four common types of cold chisel.
- They used chisels to scrape the salt off the rocks.
- In this way, it is similar to the rasp and the chisel.
- The chisel plow does a similar job with the help of a tractor.
- In use, the chisel is forced into the material to cut the material.
- The chisel or handsaw might be used near to floor to finish the cut.
- She is almost as destructive as Chisel and the smartest in the group.
- The chisel and the wire are driven by a novel pneumatic impulse motor.
- Also, the chisel can be mounted to extend at an angle to enter the ground.
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