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# billet

noun (billets)

«billet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A short thick piece of wood, cut ready for chopping or burning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billet/#m1)
2. (old use) A short note or letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billet/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a woman hands a man a billet of wood to chop; a wood-cutter cuts trees into billets

### Examples

- The woodcutter stacked the billets by the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billet/#x1)
- She gave him a billet of wood to chop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billet/#x2)
- Split the logs into billets for the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billet/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «billet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/billet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«billet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/billet.html) on Mova free.