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单词 billeted
释义

billet

1 of 3

noun (1)

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

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

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  • 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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