Definition of bevel

• n. - Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.
• n. - An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square.
• a. - Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
• a. - Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
• v. t. - To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
• v. i. - To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.
• n. - Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.
• n. - An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square.
• a. - Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
• a. - Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
• v. t. - To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
• v. i. - To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.