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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOK - I am playing the wordplay practice game and the answer is BEZEL
a word I have never heard of.
Normally at the end of. the game you get a definition - but not for bezel.
So I click on to to take me to the dictionary - which has no definition.
Anyone ever heard of BEZEL?
Ocelot II
(115,887 posts)that holds the crystal in place.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Definitions
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noun
a grooved ring holding the glass or plastic cover of a watch face or other instrument in position.
a groove holding the crystal of a watch or the stone of a gem in its setting
Ive heard of the bezel on a watch, though unless youre a watch collector, its not very common anymore
rurallib
(62,460 posts)Harker
(14,049 posts)The Magistrate
(95,257 posts)A sort of setting for cabochon stones (domed on one side, flat on the other). Kind of a thin metal collar the stone fits in, that is then burnished down over its edges to hold it in place against a backing.
royable
(1,266 posts)It also is a part that helps to hold on the front of an (older-style) personal computer.
I grew up knowing the word, but I read a whole lot.
Wordles with Z in them are the worst.
CurtEastPoint
(18,668 posts)sl8
(13,948 posts)It hides the very edges of the CRT or LCD panel, which the user doesn't need to see.
Often, the bezel is on, or includes, a bevel.
Haggis 4 Breakfast
(1,454 posts)IcyPeas
(21,910 posts)3catwoman3
(24,056 posts)rings, bracelets, brooches, etc.