pellet
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matterA small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
» The guns are full of rubber pellets.
Meaning
5 sensesA small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
a pellet of wood, paper, or ore
ока́тышokátyš
ока́токokátok
A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
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.
Gewölle
пога́дкаpogádka
погадкаpohadka
A roundel sable (black circular spot).
One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
- a small rounded mass of a substance
- a solid missile discharged from a firearm
Examples
14 sentencesThe guns are full of rubber pellets.
Ice pellets were falling from the sky.
ruС неба падала ледяная крупа.
Snow pellets were falling from the sky.
ruС неба сыпала снежная крупа.
Alfalfa pellets are more expensive than hay.
Ziri gave the ewe some alfalfa pellets.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from VInherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.
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