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charrette

charrette is the alternative form of charette.

Meaning of charette

Noun

charette (plural charettes)

  1. A small two-wheeled cart; (historical) a chariot.
    • He was in fierce wrath, because Patrasche had been a strong and much-enduring animal, and because he himself had now the hard task of pushing his charette all the way to Louvain.1872, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], A Dog of Flanders
  2. (US) A period of intense work, especially group work undertaken to meet a deadline.
    • Today's charrette is basically a community planning process designed to arrive at implementable plans and solutions to community concerns in a very short time period.1977, John W. Warden, Citizen Participation. What Others Say…What Others Do…, Charlottesville, Virgina: Mid-Atlantic Center for Community Education, page 6

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Forms of charrette

pluralcharrettes

Questions about charrette

What is charrette the alternative form of?
Charrette is the alternative form of charette.

Words near charrette in the dictionary

  1. charrer
  2. charrers
  3. charres
  4. charret
  5. charrets
  6. charrette
  7. charrettes
  8. charrier
  9. Charriers
  10. charriest
  11. charring

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