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chisel out

chisel out verb: to empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel.

Verb

chisel out (third-person singular simple present chisels out, present participle (US) chiseling out or (UK) chiselling out, simple past and past participle (US) chiseled out or (UK) chiselled out)

  1. (literally, transitive) To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel.
  2. (transitive) To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration.
    • We have to chisel out school funding from the debate.

Forms of chisel out

third-person singular presentchisels out
present participle USchiseling out
present participle UKchiselling out
past participle USchiseled out
past USchiseled out
past participle UKchiselled out
past UKchiselled out

Questions about chisel out

What does chisel out mean?
Chisel out means to empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel.
What part of speech is chisel out?
Chisel out is a verb.
What is the past tense of chisel out?
The past tense of chisel out is chiseled out.

Words near chisel out in the dictionary

  1. chisanbop
  2. Chisasibi
  3. Chischilly
  4. chisel
  5. chisel in
  6. chisel out
  7. chisel up
  8. Chiseldon
  9. chiseled
  10. chiseled in
  11. chiseled out

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