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How to pronounce sett in English?

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Synonyms cobble, cobblestone
Type of paving stone

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Sett maintenance is usually carried out by subordinate sows and dominant boars.
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The Black Watch tartan, also known as the Government sett, or the Campbell tartan.
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A badger sett or set is a badger's den, usually consisting of a network of tunnels.
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The material excavated by the badgers forms large heaps on the slope below the sett.
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During this period, the sett is cleaned and the nesting chamber filled with bedding.
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Upon retiring to sleep, badgers block their sett entrances with dry leaves and earth.
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And when under stress they do that very mammal thing, retreat to their cave, sett or den.
From the guardian.co.uk
For comparison, the largest known badger sett spanned just 879 metres.
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Some badgers will drag their dead out of the sett and bury them outside.
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  • Cobble: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
  • A badger sett or set is a badger's den, usually consisting of a network of tunnels. The largest setts are spacious enough to accommodate 15 or more animals, with up to of tunnels and as many as 40 openings. It takes many years for the animals to dig these large setts. ...
  • Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities people undertake to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life. SETI projects use scientific methods to search for electromagnetic transmissions from civilizations on distant planets. ...
  • A Submarine Escape Training Tower is part of a facility used for training submariners in methods of emergency escape from a disabled submarine. It is a tall cylinder filled with water with several entrances at varying depths each simulating an airlock in a submarine. ...
  • A sett, usually the plural setts and in some places called a Belgian block, , often incorrectly called "cobblestone", is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used originally for paving roads, today a decorative stone paving used in landscape architecture. ...
  • Sett (pronounced "Sheth") is a Bengali surname, derived from "Shreshthi" (which means business man in Hindi).
  • The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger; The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan; A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging
  • (Setts) Squared stones, usually of granite, used for paving or flooring.
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