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collet

Syllables: col·letUK/ˈkɒlɪt/US/ˈkɑlɪt/

collet noun: a band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal. Also the alternative form of colet.

Noun

collet (plural collets)

  1. A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
    • That collet can handle up to 3/8-inch bits.
  2. The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
    • There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.
    Synonyms:
    bezel
  3. In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
    • Collar rot forms in the collet between the stem and the root.

Proper noun capitalized: Collet

Collet (plural Collets)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Also used as

collet is also the alternative form of colet.

Synonyms of collet

Forms of collet

Noun
pluralcollets
Proper noun
pluralCollets
alternative formCollett
alternative formCollette

Origin of collet

From Middle French collet. Doublet of collar.

Coll + -et. From a medieval diminutive of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.

Words formed from collet

Words that rhyme with collet

Questions about collet

What does collet mean?
Collet means a band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
What part of speech is collet?
Collet can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce collet?
Collet is pronounced /ˈkɑlɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of collet?
The plural of collet is collets.

Words near collet in the dictionary

  1. collery horn
  2. collery horns
  3. colles
  4. Colles' fracture
  5. Collessie
  6. collet
  7. colleted
  8. colleter
  9. colleteria
  10. colleterial
  11. colleterial gland

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