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

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

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

(for shotgun) → Schrotkugel f

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pellet [ˈpɛlɪt] n → pallottola, pallina