mallet

🇺🇸 /ˈmælɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈmælɪt/
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noun
R

A tool with a long handle and a big head, used for pounding things.

The carpenter used a mallet to hammer the nails into the wood.

R

A sports equipment with a long handle and a wooden head, used to hit balls in games like croquet and polo.

The player scored a goal by hitting the ball with a mallet in the polo match.

translation

n. A tool with a long handle and a big head, used for pounding things.; A sports equipment with a long handle and a wooden head, used to hit balls in games like croquet and polo.

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Plural mallets