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- [chiz-uh l]
- /ˈtʃɪz əl/
- /ˈtʃɪz.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [chiz-uh l]
- /ˈtʃɪz əl/
Definitions of chisel word
- countable noun chisel A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone. 3
- verb chisel If you chisel wood or stone, you cut and shape it using a chisel. 3
- noun chisel a hand tool for working wood, consisting of a flat steel blade with a cutting edge attached to a handle of wood, plastic, etc. It is either struck with a mallet or used by hand 3
- noun chisel a similar tool without a handle for working stone or metal 3
- verb chisel to carve (wood, stone, metal, etc) or form (an engraving, statue, etc) with or as with a chisel 3
- verb chisel to cheat or obtain by cheating 3
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Origin of chisel
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English < Anglo-French, variant of Old French cisel < Vulgar Latin *cīsellus, diminutive of *cīsus, for Latin caesus, past participle of caedere to cut, with -ī- generalized from prefixed derivatives; cf. excide
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Parts of speech for Chisel
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chisel popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chisel
verb chisel
- carve — If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out.
- hew — to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- shape — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
- incise — to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
noun chisel
- blade — The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
- knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- adze — a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade attached at right angles to a wooden handle, used for dressing timber
- edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- gouge — a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
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