Definizione monolingua

chisel

chisel (third-person singular simple present chisels, present participle chiseling or chiselling, simple past and past participle chiseled or chiselled)

1. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
2. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.

   She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

3. (intransitive) (informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.

chisel (plural chisels)

1. A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end, which is generally perpendicular to, but occasionally parallel to the cutting edge of the tool, depending upon its intended use. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet. The cutting edge of a chisel is most frequently straight, but may be curved or otherwise shaped (v-shaped, for example), to suit the characteristics of the material being worked, or the shape to be achieved by the chisels use.

Definizione dizionario chisel

	scalpello
	tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal

	cesello
	A tool with a cutting edge at the end.

	scalpellare
	Levigare o intagliare un materiale duro per mezzo di uno strumento adatto detto scalpello.

	cesellare
	to use a chisel

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Altri significati:

(intransitive) (informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.

(to) chisel

A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end, which is generally perpendicular to, but occasionally parallel to the cutting edge of the tool, depending upon its intended use. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet. The cutting edge of a chisel is most frequently straight, but may be curved or otherwise shaped (v-shaped, for example), to suit the characteristics of the material being worked, or the shape to be achieved by the chisel's use.

(intransitive) To use a chisel.

to work something with a chisel

(transitive) To work something with a chisel.