Abschrägung — meaning in English

English meaning

• chamfer noun An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
• splay verb To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
• taper verb To become gradually narrower toward one end.

Senses

Abschrägung is used for these senses in English:

• bevel An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
• chamfer An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
• splay A bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window, by which an opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
• taper A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).

splay — full definition

1. verb To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
2. verb To construct a bevel or slope on (something, such as the frame or jamb of a door or window); to bevel, to slant, to slope.
3. verb To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
4. verb To dislocate (a body part such as a shoulder bone).

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