Gavel

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Gavel

Noun

Rent.
Usury; interest on money.
An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind.

Verb

To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

Noun

A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, 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.
The beginning or end of legal proceedings.
The legal system as a whole.
A mason's setting maul.

Verb

To use a gavel.
To begin or end legal proceedings
"The judge gavelled for order in the courtroom after the defendant burst out with a confession."

Noun

A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

Noun

A gable.

Anagrams of Gavel

Words You Can Make

20 words can be made from the letters in "gavel":

4-LETTER WORDS

egal gale gave lave leva vale veal vela

3-LETTER WORDS

age ale ave gae gal gel lag lav lea leg lev veg

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "gavel" and rearranging:

+iglaive vagile

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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