pellet

Etymology

From Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlɪt

Noun

pellet (plural pellets)

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. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
4. (heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
5. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

Verb

pellet (third-person singular simple present pellets, present participle pelleting, simple past and past participle pelleted)

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

Noun

pellet

1. Nominative plural form of pelle.

Verb

pellet

1. Second-person plural subjunctive I of pellen.

Verb

pellet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of pellō

Noun

pellet m (plural pellets)

1. pellet (projectile)