Cold Chisel (Noun)
Meaning
Narrow chisel made of steel; used to cut stone or bricks.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The mason used a cold chisel to remove excess mortar from between the bricks of the old building.
- The stonemason selected a sharp cold chisel from his toolbox to shape the granite slab.
- In the stone carver's studio, a cold chisel lay next to a half-finished sculpture.
- He inserted the tip of the cold chisel into the crack and tapped it gently with a hammer to loosen the brick.
- To remove the broken brick, she needed to purchase a new cold chisel and a ball-peen hammer.