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mal·let  (mlt)

n.

1.

a. A short-handled hammer, usually with a cylindrical head of wood, used chiefly to drive a chisel or wedge.

b. A tool with a large head, used to strike a surface without damaging it.

2. Sports A long-handled implement used to strike a ball, as in croquet and polo.

3. Music A light hammer with a rounded head for striking a percussion instrument.

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[Middle English, from Old French maillet, diminutive of mail, maul; see maul.]

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mallet [ˈmælɪt]

n

1. (Engineering / Tools) a tool resembling a hammer but having a large head of wood, copper, lead, leather, etc., used for driving chisels, beating sheet metal, etc.

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Croquet) (Team Sports) a long stick with a head like a hammer used to strike the ball in croquet or polo

3. (Transport / Railways) Chiefly US a very large powerful steam locomotive with a conventional boiler but with two separate articulated engine units

[from Old French maillet wooden hammer, diminutive of mail maul (n)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mallet - a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball croquet mallet - a mallet used to strike the ball in croquet polo mallet, polo stick - a mallet used to strike the ball in polo sports implement - an implement used in a sport
	2.	mallet - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. hammer drumstick - a stick used for playing a drum percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
	3.	mallet - 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 beetle 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 hammer - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

Translations

mallet [ˈmælɪt] N (Carpentry, Sport) → mazo m

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mallet [ˈmælɪt] n → maillet m
mall rat n (US) jeune désœuvré(e) qui passe son temps à errer dans les centres commerciaux

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mallet

n → Holzhammer m; (Croquet) → (Krocket)hammer m; (Polo) → (Polo)schläger m

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mallet [ˈmælɪt] n (tool) → mazzuolo; (in croquet) → maglio; (in polo) → mazza

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mallet [ˈmælɪt] n (tool) → mazzuolo; (in croquet) → maglio; (in polo) → mazza

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mallet

n mallet [ˈmӕlit]

1 a type of small wooden hammer We hammered the tent pegs into the ground with a mallet. hamer مِطْرَقَه чукче palička træhammer der Holzhammer ξύλινο σφυρί mazo puuhaamer چوب چکش مانند puuvasara maillet פַּטִיש עֵץ मुंगरा malj, batić (fa)kalapács palu kayu (tré)hamar mazza 木づち 나무 망치 medinis plaktukas koka āmurs tukul hamer (tre)hammer, (kjøtt)klubbe drewniany młotek marreta mai, ciocan de lemn деревянный молоток drevené kladivko leseno kladivo drveni malj klubba เครื่องมือที่มีลักษณะเหมือนค้็อน (เช่น ใช้สำหรับตอกสิ่ว) tokmak 木槌, 槌棒 дерев'яний молоток ہتھوڑا cái vồ 木槌, 槌棒

2 a long-handled wooden hammer for playing croquet or polo. hamer مِضْرَب خَشَبي чук pálka trækølle der Schläger μπαστούνι (του κροκέ ή του πόλο) mazo (kroketi)kurikas چوگان krokettimaila maillet מָקֶבֶת मुदगर palica ütő pemukul polo krokket-/pólókylfa maglio 打球づち (폴로 등의) 타구봉 medinis plaktukas āmuriņš; nūja kayu pemukul hamer kølle kij taco ciocan деревянный молоток; клюшка pálka kij bat klubba ไม้สำหรับตีลูกในกีฬาโปโลหรือกีฬาตีคลี sopa 球棍 ключка پولو کھیلنے کا ہلم cái gậy (trong thể thao) 球棍