pellet
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matterA small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
» The guns are full of rubber pellets.
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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. — Ooneykcall
Snow pellets were falling from the sky.
ruС неба сыпала снежная крупа. — marafon
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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