"collet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑlɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkɒlɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: collets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlɪt Etymology: From Middle French collet. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|collet}} Middle French collet Head templates: {{en-noun}} collet (plural collets)
  1. 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. Translations (A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, usually of a hard material, especially a metal): цанга (canga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Spannzange [feminine] (German), приклештувач (prikleštuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), цанга (canga) [feminine] (Russian), collete [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-collet-en-noun-oM~-QTME Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 10 22 3 Disambiguation of 'A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, usually of a hard material, especially a metal': 86 6 8
  2. (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set. Categories (topical): Jewelry Synonyms: bezel Translations (ring's rim holding a jewel): σφενδόνη (sphendónē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), гнездо (gnezdo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), опра́ва (opráva) [feminine] (Russian), коро́нка (korónka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-collet-en-noun-Z8DZBqpW Topics: jewelry, lifestyle Disambiguation of "ring's rim holding a jewel": 12 84 4
  3. (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.) Categories (topical): Horticulture
    Sense id: en-collet-en-noun-baeFZbZZ Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: garde-collet
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑlɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkɒlɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: collets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlɪt Head templates: {{en-noun}} collet (plural collets)
  1. Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: colet (extra: lower servant in a church)
    Sense id: en-collet-en-noun-jHyffIEN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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