Noun mallet has 3 senses
  1. mallet - a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
    --1 is a kind of
    sports implement
    --1 has particulars: croquet mallet; polo mallet, polo stick
  2. mallet - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments
    --2 is a kind of
    drumstick
  3. mallet, beetle - 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
    --3 is a kind of hammer
    --3 has particulars: carpenter's mallet; gavel
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