hamlet, crossroads
(noun) a community of people smaller than a village
village, hamlet
(noun) a settlement smaller than a town
Hamlet
(noun) the hero of William Shakespeare’s tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hamlet (plural hamlets)
A small village or a group of houses.
Synonym: thorp
(British) A village that does not have its own church.
Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.
• (small village): settlement
• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal
Hamlet
The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal
HAMulticultural London EnglishT (uncountable)
(biochemistry) A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.
• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal
Source: Wiktionary
Ham"let, n. Etym: [OWE. hamelet, OF. hamelet, dim. of hamel, F. hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home. sq. root220. See Home.]
Definition: A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. Dryden.
Syn.
– Village; neighborhood. See Village.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
