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Added 9 October 2026

bevel

/ˈbɛv.əl/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bevel at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees.
A hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size.

verb

Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel.
bevel the surface

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.

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