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chiseled out

chiseled out is the simple past and past participle of chisel out.

Meaning of chisel out

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.

Questions about chiseled out

What is chiseled out the simple past and past participle of?
Chiseled out is the simple past and past participle of chisel out.

Words near chiseled out in the dictionary

  1. chisel out
  2. chisel up
  3. Chiseldon
  4. chiseled
  5. chiseled in
  6. chiseled out
  7. chiseled up
  8. chiseler
  9. chiselers
  10. chiseling
  11. chiseling in

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