PELLET

shot, pellet

(noun) a solid missile discharged from a firearm; “the shot buzzed past his ear”

pellet

(noun) a small sphere

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pellet (plural pellets)

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.

Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.

(heraldiccharge) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).

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)

To form into pellets.

Synonym: pelletize

To strike with pellets.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pel"let, n. Etym: [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila a ball. Cf. Platoon.]

1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax .

2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] Bacon. As swift as a pellet out of a gun. Chaucer. Pellet molding (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with smalt, flat disks.

Pel"let, v.

Definition: To form into small balls. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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