noun
Meaning 1
The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sett
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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sĕt
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/sɛt/
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homophone: set
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rhymes with -ɛt
noun
Meaning 2
The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The number of warp ends per inch in the cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sley
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The number of reeds or splits per inch – one half the number of ends per inch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Belgian block
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A mine or set of mines on lease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A collection of pumps in a mine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Obsolete form of set (“group”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To determine the ends per inch of the warp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
Obsolete spelling of set (particularly as a simple past and past participle).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cobble, cobblestone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: paving stone
History
Etymology
A variant of set to distinguish various technical senses.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: dassenburcht — home of a badger
- Finnish: luolasto — home of a badger
- French: terrier de blaireau — home of a badger
- Galician: teixugueira — home of a badger
- Galician: tanxugueira — home of a badger
- German: Dachsbau — home of a badger
- Irish: brocach — home of a badger
- Japanese: アナグマの家 — home of a badger
- Norwegian: grevlinghi — home of a badger
- Slovene: jazbina — home of a badger
- Swedish: gryt — home of a badger
- Swedish: grävlingsgryt — home of a badger
- Welsh: daear — home of a badger
- French: plaid — pattern of a Scottish tartan
- Bulgarian: паве (pave) — paving stone
- Catalan: llambordí — paving stone
- Chinese Mandarin: 鋪路石 /铺路石 (pūlù shí) — paving stone
- Czech: dlažební kostka — paving stone
- Danish: brosten — paving stone
- Dutch: kasseisteen — paving stone
- Esperanto: pavimero — paving stone
- Finnish: nupukivi — paving stone
- French: pavé — paving stone
- Georgian: მოსაპირკეთებელი ქვა (mosaṗirḳetebeli kva) — paving stone
- German: Pflasterstein — paving stone
- Hungarian: jardaburkolási — paving stone
- Italian: sampietrino — paving stone
- Japanese: 敷石 (shikiishi) — paving stone
- Japanese: 石畳 (ishidatami) — paving stone
- Korean: 포석 (Poseok) — paving stone
- Portuguese: paralelepípedo — paving stone
- Romanian: piatră cubică — paving stone
- Russian: брусча́тка (brusčátka) — paving stone
- Spanish: adoquín — paving stone
- Swedish: gatsten — paving stone