About The Word Pellet
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Pellet
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What's The Definition Of Pellet?
[n] a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"
[n] a small sphere Synonyms | Synonyms for Pellet: shot Related Terms | Find terms related to Pellet: ball | balloon | bar shot | bead | bird shot | bladder | blob | boll | bolus | brickbat | bubble | buckshot | bulb | bulbil | bulblet | bullet | cannon shot | cannonball | case shot | crossbar shot | duck shot | dumdum bullet | egg | ellipsoid | expanding bullet | geoid | globe | globelet | globoid | globule | glomerulus | gob | gobbet | grape | grapeshot | knob | knot | langrel shot | lapidate | manstopping bullet | marble | oblate spheroid | orb | orbit | orblet | pea | pearl | pebble | pelt | pill | prolate spheroid | rifle ball | rondure | round shot | shell | shot | shrapnel | slug | sphere | spheroid | spherule | split shot | stone See Also | ball | ball | BB | BB shot | bird shot | buckshot | canister | canister shot | case shot | duck shot | globe | grapeshot | missile | musket ball | orb | projectile Pellet In Webster's Dictionary \Pel"let\, n. [F. pelote, LL. pelota, pilota, fr. L. pila
a ball. Cf. {Platoon}.]
1. A little ball; as, a pellet of wax ? paper.
2. A bullet; a ball for firearms. [Obs.] --Bacon.
As swift as a pellet out of a gun. --Chaucer.
{Pellet molding} (Arch.), a narrow band ornamented with
smalt, flat disks.
\Pel"let\, v.?. To form into small balls. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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