About The Word Mallet
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Mallet
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What's The Definition Of Mallet?
[n] 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
[n] a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments [n] a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball Synonyms | Synonyms for Mallet: beetle Related Terms | Find terms related to Mallet: air hammer | ball peen hammer | beetle | chipping hammer | chisel | claw hammer | drop hammer | electric hammer | jackhammer | modeling clay | pile hammer | point | raising hammer | riveting hammer | rubber mallet | sledge | sledgehammer | solder | soldering iron | spatula | steam hammer | stone hammer | tack hammer | triphammer See Also | carpenter's mallet | croquet mallet | drumstick | gavel | hammer | polo mallet | polo stick | sports implement Mallet In Webster's Dictionary \Mal"let\, n. [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See {Mall} a
beetle.]
A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a
tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a
long handle, -- used in playing croquet.
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