Associations to the word «Gavel»
Noun
- Courtroom
- Mallet
- Fell
- Cassius
- Pounding
- Aba
- Podium
- Rap
- Novak
- Bang
- Demon
- Judge
- Recess
- Coverage
- Chairman
- Auction
- Tapping
- Bar
- Purification
- Speaker
- Blaster
- Hearing
- Stu
- Once
- Lazarus
- Microphone
- Butt
- Pot
- Crack
- Silver
- Ira
- Senate
- Jury
- Gauge
- Anton
- Prof
- Journalism
- Pound
- Session
- Emmy
- Bench
- Meeting
- Dodge
- Beck
- Chamber
- Proceeding
- Lodge
- Span
- Convention
- Handle
- Table
- Desk
- Johns
- Pike
- Objection
- Silence
- Hammer
- Association
- Forehead
- Reporting
- Chair
- Award
- Down
- Order
- Burst
- Blake
- Senator
- Shout
- Blow
- Mason
- Membership
Pictures for the word «Gavel»
Wiktionary
GAVEL, noun. (historical) Rent.
GAVEL, noun. (obsolete) Usury; interest on money.
GAVEL, noun. A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge (not UK), or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
GAVEL, noun. (figuratively) The legal system as a whole (not UK).
GAVEL, noun. A mason's setting maul.
GAVEL, verb. To use a gavel.
GAVEL, noun. A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
GAVEL, noun. A gable.
GAVEL TO ORDER, verb. (transitive) To initiate or restore the orderly functioning of a meeting or function or assembly or court by pounding a gavel.
Dictionary definition
GAVEL, noun. A small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge.
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.