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MALLET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
Synonyms:
beetle; mallet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mallet" is a kind of...):
hammer (a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mallet"):
carpenter's mallet (a short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge)
gavel (a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
Synonyms:
hammer; mallet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mallet" is a kind of...):
drumstick (a stick used for playing a drum)
Holonyms ("mallet" is a part of...):
percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mallet" is a kind of...):
sports implement (an implement used in a sport)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mallet"):
croquet mallet (a mallet used to strike the ball in croquet)
polo mallet; polo stick (a mallet used to strike the ball in polo)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb mallet
