pellet

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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

Concepts

pilule

💊

boulette

pellet

granule

pastille

pelote

plomb

boullette

boullette de papier

grain de plomb

grenaille

préformer

tourteau

granulé de bois

pelote de réjection

balle

grain de petit plomb

bol

grain

Synonymes

shot

bullet

pill

💊

granule

grain

ball

small shot

marble

globule

shell

🐚

small ball

parvule

pelletize

pillet

tablet

capsule

jack

lapidate

leap

lump

orb

particle

projectile

slug

small grain

sphere

spherulite

spring

tabloid

troche

wafer

cumularsharolith

crystal plate

bead

bean

bolus

bomb

💣

bowl

bulb

💡

cannon ball

clot

conglobation

conglomeration

crumb

curd

globe

glomerule

glomerulus

Traductions

perdigón

Kügelchen

kogeltje

pelotilla

pelota

propje

pallottola

pallina

pallino

balletje

Pellet

perdigó

grão de chumbo

uilebal

hagelkorrel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɛl.ɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pelote

In summary

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