billet

billet is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small paper; a note; a short letter. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small paper; a note; a short letter.
2. noun. A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.
3. transitive verb. To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.
4. noun. A small stick of wood, as for firewood.
5. noun. A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.
6. noun. An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.
7. noun. A strap which enters a buckle.
8. noun. A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
9. noun. A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.
10. noun. a job in an organization

    "he occupied a post in the treasury"

    Synonyms: berth, office, place, position, post, situation, spot

11. noun. lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
12. noun. a short personal letter

    "drop me a line when you get there"

    Synonyms: line, note

13. verb. provide housing for (military personnel)

    Synonyms: canton, quarter

Synonyms

berth, office, place, position, post, situation, spot, line, note, canton, quarter

Common word forms

billets, billeted, billeter, billeting

Words from these letters

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