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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pel•let /ˈpɛlɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a small, rounded body, as of food or medicine:They fed their pet little green pellets of food.
- a small ball of metal, like a bullet, made to be shot from a shotgun.
v. [~ + object] - to hit with pellets.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pel•let (pel′it),USA pronunciation n. - a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- a small wad or ball of wax, paper, etc., for throwing, shooting, or the like.
- one of a charge of small shot, as for a shotgun.
- a bullet.
- a ball, usually of stone, formerly used as a missile.
- BirdsAlso called cast. [Ornith.]a small, roundish mass of matter regurgitated by certain predatory birds, consisting of the indigestible remains, as the fur, feathers, and bones, of the prey.
- Architecture(in Romanesque architecture) a hemispherical or disklike carved ornament.
- Heraldryogress2.
v.t. - to form into pellets;
pelletize. - to hit with pellets.
- Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila ball. See pill1, -et
- Middle French pelote
- Middle English pelet 1325–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pellet /ˈpɛlɪt/ n - a small round ball, esp of compressed matter
- an imitation bullet used in toy guns
- a piece of small shot
- a stone ball formerly used as a catapult or cannon missile
Also called: cast, casting a mass of undigested food, including bones, fur, feathers, etc, that is regurgitated by certain birds, esp birds of prey- a small pill
vb (transitive)- to strike with pellets
- to make or form into pellets
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilota (unattested), from Latin pila ball |