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Definitions for Pellet

[1] a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
[2] a small wad or ball of wax, paper, etc., for throwing, shooting, or the like.
[3] one of a charge of small shot, as for a shotgun.
[4] a bullet.
[5] a ball, usually of stone, formerly used as a missile.
[6] Also called cast. Ornithology . a small, roundish mass of matter regurgitated by certain predatory birds, consisting of the indigestible remains, as the fur, feathers, and bones, of the prey.
[7] (in Romanesque architecture) a hemispherical or disklike carved ornament.
[8] Heraldry . ogress2.
[9] to form into pellets; pelletize.
[10] to hit with pellets.
[11] a small round ball, esp of compressed matter a wax pellet
[12] an imitation bullet used in toy guns a piece of small shot
[13] a stone ball formerly used as a catapult or cannon missile
[14] Also called: cast , casting ornithol a mass of undigested food, including bones, fur, feathers, etc, that is regurgitated by certain birds, esp birds of prey
[15] a small pill
[16] a raised area on coins and carved or moulded ornaments
[17] to strike with pellets
[18] to make or form into pellets

Words related to Pellet

pill, bullet, stone, ball, shot, wad, mass, rock, bolus, pebble

Words nearby Pellet

pellagrin, pellan, pellegrini's disease, pellekar, pelles, pellet, pelletier, pelletize, pellicle, pellicle mirror, pellitory

Origin of Pellet

1325–75; Middle English pelet < Middle French pelote < Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila ball. See pill1, -et

Other words from Pellet

pel·let·like , adjective

Word origin for Pellet

C14: from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilota (unattested), from Latin pila ball

Synonyms for Pellet

bullet, pill, ball, bolus, mass, pebble, rock, shot, stone, wad