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Pellet

//ˈpel.ɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

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

    "a pellet of wood, paper, or ore"

  2. 2
    a solid missile discharged from a firearm wordnet
  3. 3
    A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
  4. 4
    a small rounded mass of a substance wordnet
  5. 5
    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.
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  1. 6
    A roundel sable (black circular spot).
  2. 7
    One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form into pellets.
  2. 2
    To strike with pellets.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.

Etymology 2

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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