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Definition: Bezel |
BezelNoun1. A sloping edge on a cutting tool. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bezel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1887. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | Part which holds the glass. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | Sloping part-conical ring that retains glass of watch or instrument. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Upper part of a brilliant. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Bezel |
| English words defined with "bezel": Ouch. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bezel": main facets ♦ star facet. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bezel": Bizet. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Bezel" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bezel" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "bezel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | موضع الفص من الخاتم (collet), موضع الشىء من الشىء, مدي (span), حافة الإزميل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 刃'. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | krone (cap, corona, coronet, crown, formation, road bed, road width, tree canopy), glasrand. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kruin (crest, crown, formation, road bed, road width, roadbed, roadway, summit, surface, top, top of the head, tree canopy, width), kroon (chandelier, corona, coronet, crown, drill bit, hand drill, jumper, jumping drill, miner's drill, percussion drill, roof of roadway, summit, surface, top, top of roadway, tree canopy), instrumentenring (locating stop), glasring (bush, bushing, orifice ring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | biseau (bevel), portée (beer), lunette, facette, drageoir, coté table, chaton. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Krone (cap, coping, corona, coronet, crest, crown, deck, krona, platform, top, winder), Glasreif, Frontring (locating stop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στεφάνη συγκράτησης (locating stop), δακτύλιος (annulus, bush, bushing, collar, collar strap, eye, ferrule, frenulum, frenum, hoop ring, link, loop, orthodontic band, R lead, R wire, ring, ring conductor, ring lead, ring wire, shim, shrunk-on, spacer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | smussatura (scarfing, wane), lunetta (back rest, back stay, fanlight, locating stop, lunette, stay, steady, steady rest, work steady), corona (border rim, bridge, camelback, chaplet, circle, corona, coronet, crown, head, lug base ring, nose, rim, ring, rosary, snape, snipe, snout, tread rubber, wreath), cornice (cornice, frame, ledge, locating stop, molding, moulding, ornamental, picture frame). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | foyr giarree, beesyl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ezelbay moldura (banding, cadre, chaplet, fillet, frame, framework, gorge, lipping, locating stop, models edge, molding box, moulding, moulding box, passepartout, railing, Reed, setting), coroa (chaplet, circle, corona, coronal, coronet, cover, crown, crown wheel, diadem, dog wheel, dollar appreciation, Garland, grating, krypton, ratchet wheel, rim, ring, wreath), canto agudo. (various references) индикатор (indicator). (various references) bisel (bevel, border, cant, chamfering, miter, mitre, sloped edge). (various references) หนามเตย. (various references) грань коштовного каменя, гніздо (den, nest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bezel": bezels. (additional references) | |
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"Bezel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baael, bazel, Bazell, bebel, Becel, bedel, beel, beeli, beelz, beez, beeze, beezer, Beezley, bejel, Bekele, bemel, benzel, benzol, Berzei, besal, besel, beza, bezal, Beze, Bezelle, bezem, bezen, Bezet, bezil, Bezley, bezo, Bezu, bisell, Bizen, bizjet, Bleuel, Boetzel, Boezem, Bozell, Breuel, ebel, ebzw, Edzell, ezel, ezil. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "bezel" (pronounced 'Bez"el'): Aiel, Bejewel, Bethel, Borel, Brotel, Brothel, Bulbel, Burel, Camel, Catel, Crewel, Dentel, Disapparel, Disbowel, Disembowel, Disgavel, Dosel, Drazel, Drotchel, Embowel, Embrothel, Enchisel, Ethel, Firmer-chisel, Frizel, Futchel, Gibel, Goel, grovel, gruel, Hamel, Hatel, Hetchel, Hitchel, Hornel, Imbowel, impanel, Javel, knawel, Koel, Lamel, Lorel, Mochel, Mosel, Muchel, New-model, nickel, Outtravel, Owel, Perel. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-l-z" | |
-2 letters: bee, bel, eel, lee, lez, zee. | |
-3 letters: be, el. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-l-z" | |
+1 letter: bezels. | |
+2 letters: benzole, emblaze, jezebel, obelize. | |
+3 letters: bedazzle, bemuzzle, benzoles, breezily, embezzle, emblazed, emblazer, emblazes, jezebels, nebulize, obelized, obelizes, seizable, sizeable, zibeline. | |
+4 letters: bedazzled, bedazzles, bemuzzled, bemuzzles, embezzled, embezzler, embezzles, emblazers, grazeable, marbleize, nebulized, nebulizer, nebulizes, sleazebag, verbalize, zibelines, zibelline. | |
+5 letters: bestialize, bolshevize, bowdlerize, breezeless, demobilize, embezzlers, embezzling, emblazoned, emblazoner, liberalize, marbleized, marbleizes, metabolize, nebulizers, realizable, remobilize, sleazebags, sleazeball, squeezable, verbalized, verbalizer, verbalizes, zibellines, zombielike. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 7A 65 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . --.. . .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01111010 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e z e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 007A 0065 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3671927178 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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