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English
An example of a collet (1) with a
bit designed to fit it.
The silver ring with nubs, which holds the sapphire, is the collet (2).
Rhizophora development structures and stages, from embryo on parent plant, to rooted seedling, showing collet (3).
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle French collet.
Noun
collet (plural collets)
- A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
That collet can handle up to 3/8-inch bits.
- (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
- Synonym: bezel
There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.
- (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
Collar rot forms in the collet between the stem and the root.
Derived terms
Translations
ring's rim holding a jewel
Etymology 2
Noun
collet (plural collets)
- Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”).
Further reading
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From coll (“hill”) + -et.
Noun
collet m (plural collets)
- (chiefly in toponyms) small hill
- Synonym: pujol
Etymology 2
From coll (“neck”) + -et.
Noun
collet m (plural collets)
- diminutive of coll (“neck”)
- the collar of a garment (especially a detachable one)
Further reading
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French collet. By surface analysis, col + -et.
Pronunciation
Noun
collet m (plural collets)
- (obsolete) collar
- snare, noose
- (short) cape
- (dentistry) neck (of tooth)
- (botany) neck
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Norman
Etymology
From Latin collum (“neck”) (modern co) + -et.
Noun
collet m (plural collets)
- (Jersey) collar
- (Jersey) oarweed (Laminaria digitata, Laminaria saccharina)