How do you use Chisel in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cheat or carve, plus the exact meaning.
Chisel in a sentence
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Chisel meaning
- A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
- A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
Synonyms of Chisel
Using Chisel
- The main meaning on this page is: A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools. | A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs. | A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
- Useful related words include: cheat, carve, victimise, victimize.
- In the example corpus, chisel often appears in combinations such as: cold chisel, and chisel, the chisel.
Context around Chisel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chisel
- In this selection, "chisel" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cold, hot, finalist, failed, rock and frontman stand out and add context to how "chisel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a wood chisel to get and and a chisel into canberra. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chisel" sits close to words such as acorns, acrobatics and acura, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chisel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cold Chisel are coming back! (5 words)
The cold chisel is used for cutting cold metals while the hot chisel is for hot metals. (17 words)
I used a wood chisel to get enough out of the jar to put on a cracker. (17 words)
The crowd had already been treated to a fabulous afternoon of quality music from the likes of Birds of Tokyo and The Cruel Sea when Cold Chisel took the stage, playing a solid two hour, 24 song set that closed near 9.30pm after a double encore. (47 words)
It took much heavy hammering on a Dorset sea cliff to liberate the slabs of limestone rock containing the sea dragon’s fossils, and then almost a year to chip away at those stones to expose, like Michelangelo with his chisel, the creature lurking within. (45 words)
His devotion to film sessions seems antithetical to Adebayo’s magical impact but it shows that he is very much a work in progress, that his tool of choice is still the chisel and not the wand. (37 words)
Cold Chisel are coming back! (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
The cold chisel is used for cutting cold metals while the hot chisel is for hot metals.
After a hammer and chisel failed to gain access to the cairn, they brought in a backhoe and applied substantially more force.
Another artist is Gedion Nyanhongo, who creates intricate sculptures out of stone using all hand tools to hammer and chisel and then scrape and file to create the finished work.
As recently as October last year, 42-year-old Slobodan Novakovic was arrested and charged with six offences after he allegedly tried to smuggle drugs and a chisel into Canberra's jail.
Indie creative production agency and B&T Awards finalist, Chisel, has announced the signing of Murli Dhir (lead image) for representation in Australia and New Zealand.
One famous case was that of Rowland Bowen, a renowned cricket historian who used a hacksaw, a hammer and a chisel to remove his perfectly healthy right leg in 1968.
Plus, it would be easier to just tie a rope around the stones, rather than laboriously chisel out a hole.
Taking turns with duets and group performances they covered a R&B, reggae, Cold Chisel rock ballads and even audience requests for Rhianna.
Cold Chisel are coming back!
The Cold Chisel frontman has four adult children with his wife Jane, who he celebrated his 43rd anniversary with earlier this year.
The crowd had already been treated to a fabulous afternoon of quality music from the likes of Birds of Tokyo and The Cruel Sea when Cold Chisel took the stage, playing a solid two hour, 24 song set that closed near 9.30pm after a double encore.
The rock grab and chip samples were extracted using a rock hammer, or hammer and chisel to expose fresh surfaces and to liberate a sample of anywhere between 0.5 to 5.0 kilograms.
You would choose the log you wanted, the wood you wanted, and then use your tool – a chisel here in this case – and paint and polish the carved piece after that.
If there is dust in the holes, it should be removed; use a screwdriver or chisel for this.
I met Eunice on Chisel Street, she was holding a straw basket filled with homemade remedies and looked absolutely content.
I used a wood chisel to get enough out of the jar to put on a cracker.
Bidding guidelines called from them to withstand at least an hour of punishment from a sledgehammer, pickaxe, torch, chisel or battery-operated tools and to prevent use of climbing aids such as grappling hooks.
His devotion to film sessions seems antithetical to Adebayo’s magical impact but it shows that he is very much a work in progress, that his tool of choice is still the chisel and not the wand.
It took much heavy hammering on a Dorset sea cliff to liberate the slabs of limestone rock containing the sea dragon’s fossils, and then almost a year to chip away at those stones to expose, like Michelangelo with his chisel, the creature lurking within.
Looking forward to some white supremacist group taking over Mount Rushmore and enslaving people to chisel Richard Spencer's face over Lincoln's.
Common combinations with chisel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cold chisel 14×
- and chisel 9×
- the chisel 5×
- chisel plough 4×
- chisel to 3×
- chisel are 3×
- chisel is 2×
- chisel and 2×
- chisel into 2×
- to chisel 2×