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 [ˈpɛlɪt]

n

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

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)

a.  an imitation bullet used in toy guns

b.  a piece of small shot

3. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a stone ball formerly used as a catapult or cannon missile

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Also called cast casting Ornithol a mass of undigested food, including bones, fur, feathers, etc., that is regurgitated by certain birds, esp birds of prey

5. (Medicine / Pharmacology) a small pill

6. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a raised area on coins and carved or moulded ornaments

vb (tr)

1. to strike with pellets

2. to make or form into pellets

[from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilota (unattested), from 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

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pellet

noun

1. bullet, shot, buckshot, lead shot He was taken to hospital for treatment to pellet wounds.

2. little ball, little piece A beetle was rolling a pellet of dung up the hill.

Translations

pellet [ˈpelɪt] N (= little ball) → bolita f; (for gun) → perdigón m; [of fertilizer] → gránulo m (Med) → píldora f

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pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] n

[paper, bread, animal food, dung] → boulette f

(for gun) [lead] → plomb m pellet gun
pellet gun n → fusil m à plombs

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pellet

n → Kügelchen nt; (for gun) → Schrotkugel m; (Biol: = regurgitated pellet) → Gewölle nt

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pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] n (of paper, bread) → pallina; (for gun) → pallino

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pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] n (of paper, bread) → pallina; (for gun) → pallino

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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 pelletti boulette, grain כַּדוּרִית गोली, गुटिका sitna sačma,metak golyócska peluru smákúla pallottola, pallino 小弾丸 작은 알, 산탄 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

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pellet → كرة صغيرة kulička kugle Kügelchen βώλος perdigón pelletti grain kuglica pellet 小球 작은 공 balletje liten kule kulka pelota катышек liten kula ก้อนกลมเล็กๆ metal çekirdek viên 小球