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Definitions for Billet

[1] lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
[2] Military . an official order, written or verbal, directing the person to whom it is addressed to provide such lodging.
[3] a place assigned, as a bunk, berth, or the like, to a member of a ship's crew.
[4] job; position; appointment.
[5] Archaic . a written note, short letter, or the like.
[6] Military . to direct (a soldier) by ticket, note, or verbal order, where to lodge.
[7] to provide lodging for; quarter: We arranged with the townspeople to billet the students.
[8] to obtain lodging; stay: They billeted in youth hostels.
[9] a small chunk of wood; a short section of a log, especially one cut for fuel.
[10] Metalworking . a comparatively narrow, generally square, bar of steel, especially one rolled or forged from an ingot; a narrow bloom.
[11] an iron or steel slab upon concrete, serving as a footing to a column.
[12] Architecture . any of a series of closely spaced cylindrical objects, often in several rows, used as ornaments in a hollow molding or cornice.
[13] a strap that passes through a buckle, as to connect the ends of a girth.
[14] a pocket or loop for securing the end of a strap that has been buckled.
[15] thumbpiece.
[16] Heraldry . a small, rectangular figure with the longer sides generally vertical, said to represent a block of wood.
[17] accommodation, esp for a soldier, in civilian lodgings
[18] the official requisition for such lodgings
[19] a space or berth allocated, esp for slinging a hammock, in a ship
[20] informal a job
[21] archaic a brief letter or document
[22] (tr) to assign a lodging to (a soldier)
[23] (tr) informal to assign to a post or job
[24] to lodge or be lodged
[25] a chunk of wood, esp for fuel
[26] metallurgy a metal bar of square or circular cross section an ingot cast into the shape of a prism
[27] architect a carved ornament in a moulding, with short cylinders or blocks evenly spaced

Words related to Billet

berth, dwelling, harbor, house, camp, quarters, hut, residence, lodge, canton

Words nearby Billet

billboard, billbug, billed, biller, billerica, billet, billet-doux, billethead, billety, billfish, billfold

Origin of Billet

21400–50; late Middle English bylet, bel(l)et < Anglo-French, Middle French billette, equivalent to bille log, tree trunk (< Gaulish *bilia tree trunk; compare Old Irish bile landmark tree) + -ette -ette

Other words from Billet

bil·let·er , noun
un·bil·let·ed , adjective

Word origin for Billet

C15: from Old French billette a little log, from bille log, probably of Celtic origin

Synonyms for Billet

berth, camp, canton, dwelling, harbor, house, hut, lodge, quarters, residence