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 Definitions of pellet  [ˈpɛl ɪt]  

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Definition of 'pellet' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pellet
a small, rounded body, as of food or medicine.

2.  pellet
a small wad or ball of wax, paper, etc., for throwing, shooting, or the like.

3.  pellet
one of a charge of small shot, as for a shotgun.

4.  pellet
a bullet.

5.  pellet
a ball, usu. of stone, formerly used as a missile.

6.  pellet
a small, roundish mass of matter regurgitated by certain predatory birds, consisting of the indigestible remains of the prey.

7. (v.t.) pellet
to hit with pellets.

8.  pellet
to form into pellets; pelletize.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME pelet < MF pelote < VL *pilotta, dim. of L pila ball. See pill1, -et)

Definition of 'pellet' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pellet
a small sphere

2. (noun) shot, pellet
a solid missile discharged from a firearm
"the shot buzzed past his ear"


Definition of 'pellet' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) pellet
a little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper

2. (noun) pellet
a bullet; a ball for firearms

3.  pellet
to form into small balls


Translation of 'pellet' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a little ball or similarly-shaped object
He bought a box of lead pellets for his gun.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: balletjie, korreltjie Arabic flag Arabic: رَصاصَه، كُرَيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: топче
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bolinha Czech flag Czech: kulička, tabletka, brok German flag German: das Kügelchen
Danish flag Danish: kugle Greek flag Greek: σκάγι Spanish flag Spanish: bolita, perdigón
Estonian flag Estonian: kuulike, haavel Farsi flag Farsi: ساچمه Finnish flag Finnish: pelletti
French flag French: boulette, grain Hebrew flag Hebrew: כַּדוּרִית Hindi flag Hindi: गोली, गुटिका
Croatian flag Croatian: sitna sačma, metak Hungarian flag Hungarian: golyócska Indonesian flag Indonesian: peluru
Icelandic flag Icelandic: smákúla Italian flag Italian: pallottola, pallino Japanese flag Japanese: 小弾丸
Korean flag Korean: 작은 알, 산탄 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gumulėlis, šratas Latvian flag Latvian: lodīte; bumbiņa; skrots
Malay flag Malay: kacang-kacang Dutch flag Dutch: balletje Norwegian flag Norwegian: liten kule; hagl
Polish flag Polish: kulka, ziarenko Persian flag Persian: ساچمه Pashto flag Pashto: ګولۍ (لكه ددوا او ډوډۍ):
Portuguese flag Portuguese: chumbo Romanian flag Romanian: alică Russian flag Russian: шарик; дробинка; пулька
Slovak flag Slovak: guľka, brok Slovenian flag Slovenian: kroglica Serbian flag Serbian: sačma
Swedish flag Swedish: kula, blyhagel, pellet Thai flag Thai: ก้อนกลมเล็ก ๆ Turkish flag Turkish: kurşun
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 小球,小丸,子彈 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кулька; дробинка Urdu flag Urdu: چھرا، گولي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: viên đạn nhỏ Chinese flag Chinese: 小球,药丸,子弹

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