sett
Americannoun
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Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
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Also called stake. a handheld tool that is struck by a hammer to shape or deform a metal object.
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Also the distinctively colored pattern of crisscrossed lines and stripes against a background in which a Scottish tartan is woven.
noun
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a small rectangular paving block made of stone, such as granite, used to provide a durable road surface Compare cobblestone
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the burrow of a badger
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a square in a pattern of tartan
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the pattern itself
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Etymology
Origin of sett
First recorded in 1870–75; variant of set
Example Sentences
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BBC Scotland News understands the operation was delayed by a badger sett being within the search area.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
The second time, I went with Tomas and Ryan up towards the Forest of Dean area again, and quite quickly they found a sett.
From BBC • May 22, 2018
They have footage, she said, of a badger climbing a fence to get back to its old sett.
From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2017
Foster brought his eight-year-old son, Tom, into the sett with him and, badgers being social creatures, they explored the forest together.
From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016
He went ambling down the corridors of the enchanted sett, rolling from leg to leg with the queer badger paddle, his white mask with its black stripes looking ghostly in the gloom.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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