Meaning & use
Setts
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Rectangular stone blocks used to pave streets and roads.
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The old town square was paved with granite setts.
Naturalists tracked the badgers back to their setts in the woodland.
A note on using this word
Confusingly, 'sett' also refers to a badger's underground den, an entirely different meaning from the same spelling.
Words with a similar meaning
cobblestones
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An underground burrow or den dug and inhabited by badgers.
Naturalists tracked the badgers back to their setts in the woodland.
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