Dictionary

pellet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpel.ɪt/ (Australia)
• /ˈpɛl.ɪt/ (Canada, UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

immunopellet · pellet drum · pellet gun · pelletization · pelletal · pellet stove · ice pellet · pelletless · pellistor · biopellet · macropellet · pelletable · pelleter · pelletlike · micropellet · pellet moulding · repellet

Descendants

pèl·let

Synonyms

ogress

Translations (60)

sk granula (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · nl kogeltje (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · ru ока́тыш (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · tl kamil (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · tr top (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · ca perdigó (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · uk погадка (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · es egagrópila (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · cy peled (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · fr plomb (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · nl hagelkorrel (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · sv pellet (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · pt chumbinho (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · pt sedimento (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · fr granule (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · hu granulátum (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · ca egagròpila (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · bg сачма (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · cy pelen (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · pt pelota de chumbo (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · fi luoti (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · cy peled (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · es perdigón (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · hi ढेला (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · ota اوخشی (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · yo àhàyá (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · fr pelote (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · de Gewölle (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · fa ساچمه (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · pt plumada (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · bg топче (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · fa حبه (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · is bollur (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · pl granulka (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · pl śrut (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · esu kal'ciissaaq (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · hu sörét (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · es pellet (pélet) (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · es bolita (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · sv spyboll (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · uk ока́ток (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · hu bagolyköpet (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · pt egagrópila (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · fi oksennuspallo (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · hi ढेला (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · mi hāmoamoa (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · ru пога́дка (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · nl propje (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · nl pellet (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · ca pèl·let (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · cs diabolka (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · nl braakbal (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · nl balletje (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · hu köpet (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · ko 총탄 (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · fi pelletti (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) · tl kamil (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · gd peilear (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) · nl uilenbal (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) · es balín (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns)

pellet en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpel.ɪt/ (Australia)
• /ˈpɛl.ɪt/ (Canada, UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

Synonyms

pelletize