chamfer
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of chamfer
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
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noun
- An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
verb
- (transitive)To cut off the edge or corner of something.
- (transitive)To cut a groove in something.
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Etymology
Back-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“to break”).
Words you can make from chamfer
96 playable · top: CHAFER (14 pts)
Best play chafer 14 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
35 words- CHEF 12 pts
- CHAM 11 pts
- CHEM 11 pts
- MACH 11 pts
- MECH 11 pts
- ACHE 9 pts
- AHEM 9 pts
- ARCH 9 pts
- CAFE 9 pts
- CHAR 9 pts
- EACH 9 pts
- FACE 9 pts
- FAME 9 pts
- FARM 9 pts
- HAEM 9 pts
- HAME 9 pts
- HARM 9 pts
- HERM 9 pts
- ACME 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CRAM 8 pts
- MACE 8 pts
- MARC 8 pts
- MERC 8 pts
- FARE 7 pts
- FEAR 7 pts
- FRAE 7 pts
- HARE 7 pts
- HEAR 7 pts
- RHEA 7 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- MARE 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- REAM 6 pts
3-letter words
29 words2-letter words
16 wordsHooks
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