chisel

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 sometime

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.

Holonyms: plough, plow < implement

To use a chisel.

To work something with a chisel.

She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

To barge in on (something); to intrude on (something).

To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.

Laws that protect the environment are being chiseled away.

To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.

He's managed to chisel a couple dollars from somewhere.

She can always chisel whatever she needs from her father.

Gravel.

Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.