collet

collet is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte. 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 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte.
2. noun. A small collar or neckband.
3. noun. A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.
4. noun. The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set.
5. noun. The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant.
6. noun. a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting
7. noun. a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe
8. noun. a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting

   Synonyms: ferrule

Synonyms

ferrule

Common word forms

collets, colleted, colleter, colletes, colleting

Words from these letters

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