pellet

pel·let  (plt)

n.

1. A small, solid or densely packed ball or mass, as of food, wax, or medicine.

2.

a. A bullet or piece of small shot.

b. A stone ball, used as a catapult missile or a primitive cannonball.

tr.v. pel·let·ed, pel·let·ing, pel·lets

1. To make or form into pellets.

2. To strike with pellets.

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[Middle English pelet, from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila, ball.]

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pellet

Noun

1. a small round ball, esp. of compressed matter

2.

a. an imitation bullet used in toy guns

b. a piece of small shot

3. a small pill [Latin pila ball]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pellet - a small sphere                       globe, orb, ball - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
	2.	pellet - a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" shot BB, BB shot - a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun bird shot, buckshot, duck shot - small lead shot for shotgun shells canister, canister shot, case shot - a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm grapeshot, grape - a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot musket ball, ball - a solid projectile that is shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball" projectile, missile - a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

Translations

pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] n → bolita (= bullet); perdigón m

pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] n → boulette f [of lead]; plomb m

pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] n [of paper etc] → Kügelchen nt [of mud etc] → Klümpchen nt;

(for shotgun) → Schrotkugel f

pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] n → pallottola, pallina

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pellet

n pellet [ˈpelit]

a little ball or similarly-shaped object He bought a box of lead pellets for his gun. balletjie, korreltjie رَصاصَه، كُرَيَّه топче kulička, tabletka, brok kugle das Kügelchen σκάγι bolita, perdigón kuulike, haavel ساچمه pallo, kuula boulette, grain כַּדוּרִית गोली, गुटिका sitna sačma,metak golyócska peluru smákúla pallottola, pallino 小弾丸 작은 알(작은 알약, 작은 총알 따위) gumulėlis, šratas lodīte; bumbiņa; skrots kacang-kacang balletje liten kule; hagl kulka, ziarenko chumbo alică шарик; дробинка; пулька guľka, brok kroglica sačma kula, blyhagel, pellet ก้อนกลมเล็ก ๆ kurşun 小球；藥丸；子彈 кулька; дробинка چھرا، گولي viên đạn nhỏ 小球；药丸；子弹