pellets
noun
- 1
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
“a pellet of wood, paper, or ore”
- 2
A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
- 3
Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
- 4
A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
- 5
One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
verb
- 1
To form into pellets.
- 2
To strike with pellets.
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