pellet
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Synonyms: pallet, pullet, peglet, vellet, ellet, kellet, pelmet, pelley, pelle, peller, pelles
Antonyms: pallet, pullet, peglet, vellet, ellet, kellet, pelmet, pelley, pelle, peller, pelles
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
- A lead [[projectile]] used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
- Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by [[owl]]s and many other [[birds of prey]], which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
- {{lb|en|heraldiccharge}} A [[roundel]] [[sable]] (black circular spot).
- One of the short [[conductive]] [[tube]]s in a [[Pelletron]] [[particle accelerator]].
Verb
- To form into pellets.
- To strike with pellets.
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