MALLET as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • beetle (what does beetle mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) mallet is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hammer (what does hammer mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • carpenter’s mallet (what does carpenter’s mallet mean?)
   • gavel (what does gavel mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • beetle (what does beetle mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments
   Hypernyms(s) mallet is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • drumstick (what does drumstick mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer
   • used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
   Hypernyms(s) mallet is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sports implement (what does sports implement mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • croquet mallet (what does croquet mallet mean?)
   • polo mallet (what does polo mallet mean?)
   • polo stick (what does polo stick mean?)