mallet
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
Types & categories
- sports implement hypernym
- croquet mallet hyponym
- polo mallet hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
Types & categories
- drumstick hypernym
Parts & wholes
- percussion instrument part holonym
Sense 3 noun
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
Types & categories
- hammer hypernym
- carpenter's mallet hyponym
- gavel hyponym
Related & opposite
- beetle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sports implement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | croquet mallet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | polo mallet |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | percussion instrument |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | drumstick |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | beetle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hammer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | carpenter's mallet |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gavel |