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pel·let
(pĕl′ĭt)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.
[Middle English pelet, from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila, ball; akin to pilus, hair (since the balls used in ancient Roman games were stuffed with hair).]
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pellet
(ˈpɛlɪt)n
1. a small round ball, esp of compressed matter: a wax pellet.
2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)
a. an imitation bullet used in toy guns
b. a piece of small shot
3. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a stone ball formerly used as a catapult or cannon missile
4. (Zoology) ornithol Also called: cast or casting a mass of undigested food, including bones, fur, feathers, etc, that is regurgitated by certain birds, esp birds of prey
5. (Pharmacology) a small pill
6. (Art Terms) a raised area on coins and carved or moulded ornaments
vb (tr)
7. to strike with pellets
8. to make or form into pellets
[C14: from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilota (unattested), from Latin pila ball]
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pel•let
(ˈpɛl ɪt)n.
1. a small, rounded body, as of food or medicine.
2. a small wad or ball of wax, paper, etc., for throwing, shooting, or the like.
3. one of a charge of small shot, as for a shotgun.
4. a bullet.
5. a ball, usu. of stone, formerly used as a missile.
6. a small, roundish mass of matter regurgitated by certain predatory birds, consisting of the indigestible remains of the prey.
v.t. 7. to hit with pellets.
8. to form into pellets; pelletize.
[1325–75; Middle English pelet < Middle French pelote < Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila ball. See pill1, -et]
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pellet
Past participle: pelleted
Gerund: pelleting
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| Noun | 1. |  pellet - a small sphere |
| 2. | pellet - a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" 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
2. little ball, little piece A beetle was rolling a pellet of dung up the hill.
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Translations
رَصاصَه، كُرَيَّهكُرَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ
kuličkatabletkabrok
kugle
pelletti
kuglica
golyócska
smákúla
小球
작은 공
šratas
bumbiņalodīteskrots
liten kula
ก้อนกลมเล็กๆ
viên
pellet
[ˈpelɪt] N (= little ball) → bolita f; (for gun) → perdigón m; [of fertilizer] → gránulo m (Med) → píldora fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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pellet
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pellet
(ˈpelit) noun a little ball or similarly-shaped object. He bought a box of lead pellets for his gun.
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pellet
→ كُرَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ kulička kugle Kügelchen βώλος perdigón pelletti grain kuglica pallottolina 小球 작은 공 balletje liten kule kulka pelota катышек liten kula ก้อนกลมเล็กๆ tanecik viên 小球Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009