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pellet

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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.

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

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pelletpellet - 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"
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] nbolita (= bullet); perdigón m
pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] nboulette f [of lead]; plomb m
pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] n [of paper etc] → Kügelchen nt [of mud etc] → Klümpchen nt;
(for shotgun) → Schrotkugel f
pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] npallottola, pallina

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


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He prescribed one pellet with an unpronounceable name, and left after demanding twenty dollars for his brief visit.
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These glass cases are covered with a case of steel, and weighted with a pellet of lead; they are real Leyden bottles, into which the electricity is forced to a very high tension.
 
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