Unscramble

b 3 e 1 z 10 e 1 l 1

5 letters · 16 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a sloping edge on a cutting tool

originBorrowed from French bisel, a dialectal variant of biseau (“sloping edge”), a variation on bijou (“jewel”), itself from Breton bisou, bizou (“ring worn on the finger”), from biz (“finger”). Unrelated to similar bevel, which is of a different French origin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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