pellet
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛl.ɪt/
The English word “pellet” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
- 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.
- A roundel sable (black circular spot).
- One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
verb
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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