Term: collet: a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: cache: a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: junior status: in a junior position
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: baltic: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: attack: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: transport: an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: sob: convulsive gasp made while weeping
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: block: housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: taxodium: bald cypress; swamp cypress
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: hired help: employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: conditions: the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare