mallet Definition
mal·let (mal′ət)
noun
- a kind of hammer, usually with a heavy wooden head and a short handle, for driving a chisel, etc.
- a long-handled hammer with a cylindrical wooden head, used in playing croquet
- a similar instrument, but with a longer, flexible handle, used in playing polo
- a small, light hammer, usually with a felt-covered head, used for playing a vibraphone, xylophone, etc.
Etymology: ME malyet < MFr maillet, dim. of mail < OFr maile: see maul
mallet Synonyms
mallet Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: I use a rubber mallet to finish driving them in.
- need: We need some mini mallets in the future for Juniors.
Adjective modifier
- wooden: Players hit colored balls through a series of wire hoops on grass lawn with a wooden mallet.
- soft: The soft percussion mallets are the low rumbles of winds echoing across the still night.
- large: We carry a large wood mallet onboard to use in breaking the ice free.
- big: The concept was: Wander around pretty world with big mallet.
- small: Tapping all over the floor area with a small rubber mallet highlighted the areas where the tesserae were not fixed to the bed.
- heavy: We used a heavy paving mallet to put a vibration impulse into the floor with simultaneous measurements being made in both buildings.
Modifies a noun
- toe: In the case of a mallet toe, trigger toe or claw toe.
- percussion: Mike's arrangements are stunning: layers of strings, mallet percussion, and guitar ( and some piano and synths ).
- finger: Some have argued for an expanded role of surgery in the treatment of acute mallet finger.
- head: Note Aaron's " Meccano " mallet head pictured on the right.
- injury: Fig 6. An x-ray illustrating mallet finger injury at the DIP joint Imaging studies such as plain radiographs will help reveal fractures.
- tree: Read more 21-02-2006 12:35 | 0 comment(s ) possible eviction shepton mallet tree sit!
Noun used with modifier
- shepton: Read more 21-02-2006 12:35 | 0 comment(s ) possible eviction shepton mallet tree sit!
- croquet: One motorist even admitted to storing a croquet mallet in his car.
- eviction: Read more 21-02-2006 12:35 | 0 comment(s ) possible eviction shepton mallet tree sit!
- rubber: A rubber mallet is used to tap the bearing gently into place.
- meat: Beat chicken breasts with a meat mallet or rolling pin to flatten them slightly.
- hardwood: The 4 hardwood mallets are 32.5 " long with smaller sized heads.
Browse dictionary entries near mallet
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