billet

1 of 3

noun (1)

bil·let ˈbi-lət How to pronounce billet (audio)

archaic : a brief letter : note

: an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging (as in a private home)

: quarters assigned by or as if by a billet

: position, job

a lucrative billet

billet

2 of 3

verb

billeted; billeting; billets

transitive verb

: to assign lodging to (someone, such as a soldier) by or as if by a billet

: to serve with a billet

billet a householder

billet

3 of 3

noun (2)

: a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood)

obsolete : cudgel

: a bar of metal

: a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom

: a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion

: a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion

单词	billeted
释义	billet 1 of 3 noun (1) bil·let ˈbi-lət 1 archaic : a brief letter : note 2 a : an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging (as in a private home) b : quarters assigned by or as if by a billet 3 : position, job a lucrative billet billet 2 of 3 verb billeted; billeting; billets transitive verb 1 : to assign lodging to (someone, such as a soldier) by or as if by a billet 2 : to serve with a billet billet a householder billet 3 of 3 noun (2) 1 a : a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood) b obsolete : cudgel 2 a : a bar of metal b : a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom c : a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion d : a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion Synonyms Noun (1) appointment berth capacity connection function job place position post situation Verb accommodate bestow bivouac board bunk camp chamber domicile encamp harbor house lodge put up quarter roof room shelter take in Noun (2) bar rod See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier Word History Etymology Noun (1) Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billette, diminutive of bille bill Noun (2) Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billete, diminutive of bille log, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bile landmark tree First Known Use Noun (1) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun (2) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing billet billet-doux billet-doux billeted verb past tense of billet as in housed to provide with living quarters or shelter every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance housed accommodated lodged sheltered roomed camped bunked boarded quartered bivouacked domiciled encamped roofed bestowed chambered harbored ensconced stabled homed tented secured barracked took in roosted put up shedded bedded (down) Antonyms & Near Antonyms ejected evicted
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billet

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