billet
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- noun
- /ˈbɪlɪt/
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taco (pieza de metal)
- After purchasing our tickets, we received a billet for entry to the concert.
This right here is a full set of completely custom billet brass keycaps made by Salvin.
- This right here is a full set of completely custom billet brass keycaps made by Salvin.
Examples
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Over millennia, hand tools have evolved into sophisticated and powerful machines, but the same principles that allowed gold billets to be transformed into a pharaoh's jewelry now make it possible to build the bridges that carry immense loads across miles of water.
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Anywhere in the spectrum between making jewelry and building bridges, the work starts with an elongated metal billet that has been shaped by hand working or machine rolling.
Academic text (2012) -
But we have only so many billets.
Fiction book (1999) -
This is your billet.
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It originated with the unnamed craftsman who first recognized that a metal billet could be hand-worked into a totally new shape.
Academic text (2012) -
Please keep this billet safe; it grants you access to the exclusive event.
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The soldier showed his billet at the gate to confirm his reservation at the barracks.
Synonyms
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A small label attached to an object that shows price, size, or owner
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Etymology
Billet as a ticket or small piece of paper comes from French for a 'small note' or 'ticket' and is like the English bill for a paper note, so a billet can mean a pass or small ticket to enter a place.