- 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- mallet - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments
--2 is a kind of drumstick
- 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 - mallet - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments