pellet

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

kogeltje

Kügelchen

pelotilla

perdigón

propje

balletje

pallino

pelota

pallottola

pallina

Pellet

perdigó

pellet

hagelkorrel

pilule

💊

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛl.ɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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.