billet

Temporary military housing

A billet is a place where soldiers are lodged temporarily, especially a private home requisitioned for military housing: The troops were assigned billets in the village.

To billet soldiers is to quarter them in such lodgings.

Separately, a billet is a thick bar of metal, particularly steel or iron, formed for further processing.

In woodworking, a billet is a small log or chunk of wood.

military

quarters

Assigned living accommodations

barracksSoldiers' residential building
lodgingTemporary place to stay
postingPublishing content online

assignment · deployment · stationing · duty · orders · command · troops · regiment · brigade · battalion

metal

bar

Drinking establishment

ingotCast metal block
slabThick flat piece
bloomFlower or flourishing state

steel · iron · casting · forging · rolling · foundry · smelting · continuous casting · reheating · semi-finished

wood

log

Sectioned tree trunk

firewoodCut logs for burning
chunkThick solid piece
timberWood for construction

split · kindling · stove · fuel · cordwood · woodpile · hearth

letter

note

Short written record

missiveFormal letter sent
dispatchSend with speed
correspondenceExchanged written communication

epistle · love letter · memorandum · communication

billet

quarters

bar

log

note

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