pellet

§EtymologyEdit

From Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”).

§PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɛlɪt

§NounEdit

pellet (plural pellets)

1. A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

   a pellet of wood, paper, or ore

2. A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
3. Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
4. (heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).

§TranslationsEdit

§VerbEdit

pellet (third-person singular simple present pellets, present participle pelleting, simple past and past participle pelleted)

1. To form into pellets
2. To strike with pellets

§SynonymsEdit

• (to form into pellets) pelletize

§NounEdit

pellet

1. plural form of pelle

§VerbEdit

pellet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of pellō