sett
pronunciation
How to pronounce sett in British English:
UK [set]
How to pronounce sett in American English:
US [set]
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- Noun:
- rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
Word Origin
- sett (n.)
- see set (n.1). The extra t is an arbitrary addition in various technical senses, from a lawn-tennis to a granite set. Each class of persons has doubtless added it to distinguish the special sense that means most to it from all others ; but so many are the special senses that the distinction is now no more distinctive than an Esq. after a man's name, & all would do well to discard it. [Fowler]
Example
- 1. Hangzhou electric co , ltd sett .
- 2. None of these stories quite works and not just because there 's no one else moving into my new sett .