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pellet

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8
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6
Pronunciation
/ˈpɛl.ɪt/(UK)
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/ˈpɛl.ɪt/(UK) · /ˈpel.ɪt/

Definition of pellet

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
    “a pellet of wood, paper, or ore”
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noun

  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 and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
  4. A roundel sable (black circular spot).
  5. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

verb

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

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Etymology

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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