mallet

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

mallets

1.
A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
Carpenters use mallets for assembling.
We used a mallet to drive the tent pegs into the ground.
2.
(weaponry) A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
3.
(music) A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
4.
(games) A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
5.
(sports) The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

mallets

V_ing/Gerund

malleting

V_ed/pp

malleted

1.
(transitive)To beat or strike with, or as if with, a mallet.

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malleable malleate

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English malet, maylet, from Old French mallet, maillet (a wooden hammer, mallet), diminutive of mal, mail (a hammer), from Latin malleus (a hammer, mall, mallet).