Plural of chisel

Forms of chisel

Chisels in a sentence

• Among them were some very fine braces and drills, with any number of twists, bits, wedges, cold chisels and cutters.1935, John Masefield, Victorious Troy or The Hurrying Angel, London; Toronto, Ont.: William Heinemann Ltd, page 287. From the entry woolleny
• These usually large chisels may have the edge basiled on either the inside or the outside of the 90° angle of the blade.1972, Alex W[inkler] Bealer, “Chiseling”, in Old Ways of Working Wood, Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishing Company, Inc., published March 1976…. From the entry basil
• Where there is loose mortar or mortar loss highlighted, the area will be prepared using lump hammers, plugging chisels, and scutcheon pick hammers before a standard mortar mix is used.2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 27. From the entry lump hammer
• These workers, however, are mostly farmers who devote only their spare time to mining and use simply hammers and chisels and gather only the asbestos which lies near the surface.1913 February, “Asbestos Mines in China”, in Mines and Minerals, volume XXXIII, number 7, Scranton, PA, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 398, column 3. From the entry asbestos

Meaning of chisel

1. noun 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.
2. noun 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.
3. noun A part of some ploughs, next to the ploughshare, that helps cut into the soil and deal with obstructions such as rocks, roots, and stems.

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Questions about the plural of chisel

What is the plural of chisel?

The plural of chisel is chisels.

Is chisel countable?

Chisel is a countable noun.