pellet

Meanings

Plural: pellets

Noun

• a small sphere
• a solid missile discharged from a firearm
• A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
• A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
• Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
• A roundel sable (black circular spot).
• One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

Verb

• To form into pellets.
• To strike with pellets.

Synonyms

ogress, pelletize, shot

Related Words

argent, azure, bezant, bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée, copper, counter-ermine, counter-potent, counter-vair, d'eau, d'huile, d'olive, d'or, de larmes, de poix, de sang, ermine, ermines, erminois, fountain, golpe, gules, guze, hurt, murrey, ogress, or, orange, pean, plate, pomme, potent, purpure, sable, sanguine, syke: barry wavy argent–azure, tenné, torteau, vair, vert