Meanings
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1
noun
a solid missile discharged from a firearm
The word pellet appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.
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2
noun
a small sphere
The word pellet appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.
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3
noun
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
a pellet of wood, paper, or ore
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
noun
· a solid missile discharged...
shot
2
noun
· a small sphere
spherule
Word family
Forms
pellets
Derived forms
biopelletimmunopelletmacropelletmicropelletpelletablepelletalpelleterpelletizationpelletlesspelletlikepellistorrepellet
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.