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View definitions for chisel

chisel

noun as in shaping tool

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verb as in cut, wear away

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Alternatively, it might just be a personal DIY job they want assistance with, or just some company while they potter and chisel away.

From BBC

Carrying sledge hammers, scientists hiked to the impact site in South Africa to chisel off chunks of rock to understand the crash.

From BBC

The Metropolitan Police said two protesters hit the protective enclosure around the historic document with a hammer and chisel on Friday.

From BBC

The pair of protesters from Just Stop Oil, a group that has caused widespread disruption in Britain in its campaign to end to the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, pounded on the case with a hammer and chisel.

They stooped to cut the right-size stalks at the base with a sudden jab of an asparagus knife, a tool that resembles a fireplace poker with a forked chisel tip instead of a point.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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