pellet
See also: pèl·let
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.
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NounEdit
pellet (plural pellets)
- A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
- a pellet of wood, paper, or ore
- A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
- Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
- (heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
- One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Catalan: pèl·let
TranslationsEdit
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter
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A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns
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Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls
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VerbEdit
pellet (third-person singular simple present pellets, present participle pelleting, simple past and past participle pelleted)
- To form into pellets.
- Synonym: pelletize
- To strike with pellets.
Further readingEdit
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pellet m (plural pellets)
- pellet (projectile)