pellet
IPA: pˈɛɫʌt
noun
- 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.
- (heraldry) 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.
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Examples of "pellet" in Sentences
- The speed of a pellet is too low to differentiate between these.
- Biting down on a copper plated pellet is exactly why I've adopted the "aim high" philosophy.
- I assume they've already replaced the cafeteria with a state of the art protein pellet dispensary.
- You can actually almost drop the barrel on an air rifle out of the black before the pellet is on its way.
- A 12 ga has twice the shot charge that a .410 has, but the size of the individual pellet is the same size.
- Deformity of the pellet is a good thing to broaden wound channel and transfer energy to the squirrel but even that is a non-issue at this speed.
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