mallet

Examples

• All

• "Yes, I crack their shells with a mallet and shake out the meat," she said.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Andrea takes out her bell and strikes it with the rubber mallet.

  Academic text (2010)

• Can I get that mallet, please?

  9/11 (2017)

• - Use a mallet if you have to.

  RV (2006)

• So now we just need to use a rubber mallet and this thing.

• Lifting the mallet off the concrete, I raise it above my head.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Just get me a bottle of water and a rubber mallet.

  License to Wed (2007)

• You have at your disposal some string, a mallet, a file, like anything you would find in an office drawer.

• The mechanic had a mallet poised over the engine.

  Fiction book (1994)

• To join the wooden pieces securely, I need to use a mallet to drive in the dowels.

Synonyms

B

beetle

vsmallet

• UK

8 9.6

A heavy wooden hammer used to drive wedges or settle paving stones

is a lighter tool used to shape objects without damaging them

C

carpenter's mallet

vsmallet

5.1

A short wooden hammer used to hit chisels or wedges when working wood

is a general wooden hammer used to shape materials without causing damage

Compounds

C

croquet mallet

1 6.3

A long wooden stick with a flat end used to hit the ball in croquet

C

carpenter's mallet

5.1

A short wooden hammer used to hit chisels or wedges when working wood

P

polo mallet

6.2

A long handle with a wooden head used to hit the ball in polo

How Specialized

ball-peen hammer

• Specialized

3 6.3

sledgehammer

35 3.9

mallet

10 4.2

claw hammer

3 2.9

Surface Forms

Etymology