Bezel

Quick meaning: Bezel is a noun meaning The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.

Meaning

The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.

More Meanings

1. The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting.
2. The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
3. (computing) The area on the front of a computing device surrounding the display.
4. (computing) The panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which usually has its own preinstalled bezel.

Example Sentences

Modern smartphones have very thin bezels.

“There,” she went on, “it must be one like to it, and yet never did I see one like to it, for thereto hung a history, and he who wore it prized it much. But the scarab that I knew was not set thus in the bezel of a ring.

Word Forms

• bezels

Synonyms for bezel

Depending on context, synonyms include collet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bevel, chamfer, lock, sheath, latch, lid.

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