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# mallet

noun (a mallet, mallets)

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

## Everyday

1. A hammer with a big head made of wood, rubber or plastic, used to hit things without damaging them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#m1)
2. A long-handled stick used to hit the ball in croquet or polo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#m2)
3. (music) A stick with a soft or hard head used to play a xylophone or drum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#m3)

### In the lessons

In design and technology lessons, a mallet is used to tap wood joints together or put tent pegs in. In sport, croquet and polo players use mallets. In music, xylophone and glockenspiel players use mallets. Safety: hold the mallet firmly and keep fingers clear.

### Examples

- Dad used a rubber mallet to knock in the tent pegs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#x1)
- The carpenter tapped the joint with a wooden mallet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#x2)
- In croquet you hit the ball with a long mallet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#x3)
- I played the xylophone with two soft mallets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#x4)
- Polo players swing their mallets while riding horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#x5)
- Use the mallet, not a metal hammer, so the wood isn't dented. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#x6)
- The judge in a cartoon bangs a little mallet called a gavel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#x7)
- Keep your fingers away when someone is using the mallet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#x8)
- Uncle Remus had a board across his lap, and, armed with a mallet and a shoe-knife, was engaged in making shoe-pegs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mallet/#x9)

### Note

Countable: one mallet, two mallets. Spelling: double l, -et. A judge's small hammer is called a «gavel». Do not confuse with «malt» or «mullet». Not a maths word.

## On Mova

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