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    pellet
    /ˈpɛlɪt/

    noun

    • 1. a small, rounded, compressed mass of a substance: "fish food pellets" Similar little balllittle piecetechnical:prill

    verb

    • 1. form (a substance) into pellets: "the business made its name pelleting sugar beet seed"
    • 2. hit with or as if with pellets: "the last drops of rain were pelleting the windshield"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPELLET | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    A pellet is a small, hard, ball-shaped or tube-shaped piece of any substance, such as iron, lead, wax, plastic, paper, or animal waste. Learn more about the word pellet, its pronunciation, and its synonyms and translations.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pelletPellet Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    A pellet is a small, round, or cylindrical body, such as a projectile, a medicine, or a wad of indigestible material. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of pellet from Merriam-Webster.

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  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › pelletPELLET Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    A pellet is a small, round ball of compressed matter, such as wax, paper, or shot. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word pellet in different contexts, such as ornithology, heraldry, and architecture.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPELLET definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A pellet is a small ball or rounded mass of various materials, such as paper, mud, lead, or medicine. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms of pellet from Collins English Dictionary.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › pelletPellet - definition of pellet by The Free Dictionary

    A pellet is a small, round ball or mass of matter, such as food, wax, or medicine. It can also be a bullet, shot, or a stone ball used as a missile. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples of pellet.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pelletPellet - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A pellet is a small, rounded piece of something, especially a compressed nugget of some material. Many pets eat food that comes in pellets, including some fish, rabbits, and guinea pigs. You might feed your pet rat pellets each day, or heat your house by burning pellets made of compressed sawdust in a special kind of stove.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordPELLET - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

    A pellet is a small ball of paper, mud, lead, or other material. Learn how to use the word in different contexts, such as pharmaceutical industry, gun, or medicine, and see translations in other languages.