SINCE 1828
bezel
noun
be·zel
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Definition of bezel
1
: a rim that holds a transparent covering (as on a watch, clock, or headlight) or that is rotatable and has special markings (as on a watch)
2
gems
: the oblique (see oblique entry 1 sense 1a) side or face of a cut gem
specifically
: the upper faceted portion of a brilliant projecting from the setting — see brilliant illustration
3
jewelry
: a usually metal rim of a piece of jewelry in which an ornament (such as a gem) is set
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The bezels on the new laptop will be slimmer so the overall size of the laptop will be close to the current 15-inch models. — Los Angeles Times, "Apple’s next line of iPhones is all about the camera," 22 Aug. 2019 Form Factor: Touch screen, precision trackpads, and narrow bezels. — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, "Intel will bless Project Athena laptops with an 'Engineered for Mobile Performance' badge," 8 Aug. 2019 To accomplish that, Samsung shrank down even more of the bezel surrounding the display. — Washington Post, "Samsung ditches headphone jack after jabs at jackless rivals," 7 Aug. 2019 This is partly due to its new bezel-less design, and its tiny, hole-punch camera on the front of the phone. — Lauren Goode, WIRED, "Samsung’s New Galaxy Note Now Comes in Two Different Sizes," 7 Aug. 2019 Kindle Oasis The 32GB Kindle Oasis—with its huge storage capacity, metal design, almost bezel-less e-ink display, and touch/backlit screen—is the high-end, luxury version of everyone's favorite eReader. — Megan Mccarthy, USA TODAY, "The best Kindle deals and books for Prime Day," 15 July 2019 The company achieved this by drastically reducing bezels — the frame around a device's display — to create more screen real estate without increasing the size of the smartphone. — Samantha Kelly, CNN, "Samsung's Note10 finally bids farewell to the headphone jack," 7 Aug. 2019 That means thinner bezels and a more compact phone, at the expense of a few pixels. — Patrick Lucas Austin, Time, "Samsung's Note 10 and Even Bigger Note 10 Plus Are Here. Are They the Giant Android Phones for You?," 7 Aug. 2019 For example, there is an all-new Carbon Core Guard Structure and triple-layered carbon-insert bezel that also make the watch extremely lightweight. — James Love, Essence, "This ESSENCE Editor Put G-SHOCK's New MUDMASTER To The Test," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bezel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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