Term: truncation: the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: harpsichord: a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: peer: a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: nummulitidae: a family of fossil protoctists
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: pseudechis: venomous Australian blacksnakes
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: cold medicine: medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: centenarian: someone who is at least 100 years old
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: enclave: an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: disaccharide: any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: bunchberry: creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
Broader: carving: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape | Unrelated: mylanta: an antacid