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beetle (BEET'l) (noun)
1. A type of insect with wings that form a hard cover on its back when it is not flying: Deana was excited to find a rare beetle for her insect collection.
2. A heavy mallet with a large wooden head used to mash potatoes or to hammer cobblestones into place: The workers completing the road repair used a beetle to set the stones into place.
2. A heavy mallet with a large wooden head used to mash potatoes or to hammer cobblestones into place: The workers completing the road repair used a beetle to set the stones into place.
beetle (BEET'l) (adjective)
Jutting; overhanging: Brock's beetle eyebrows were quite a sight to behold.
betel (BEET'l) (noun)
A climbing pepper plant producing leaves which many Asians chew as a stimulant: To relax after a hard day, the men gathered at the town square and chewed betel leaves and nuts.
Leann noticed a strange colored beetle climbing on the betel plant that is growing in her garden.
Charley grabbed a heavy beetle and banged on the tree to scare the beetle off. It flew off to land on the beetle (projection) of the roof of the garage where Charley stored his beetle or hammer.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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