noun Download 🔗Share A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter. Examples : "a pellet of wood, paper, or ore" material substance item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns. Examples : "The air rifle used small pellets for target practice. " weapon military material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones. Examples : "In science class, we dissected an owl pellet to study what the owl had eaten by examining the tiny bones inside. " biology animal bird physiology ecology nature body food science function Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress). Examples : "The stained-glass window depicted a knight with a large, ominous pellet on his shield. " heraldry color appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator. Examples : "The Pelletron accelerator uses many small pellets to accelerate the particles. " physics technology machine device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form into pellets. Examples : "The machine pellets the sawdust and turns it into fuel for the stove. " process agriculture food material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To strike with pellets. Examples : "The children used their toy guns to pellet each other with soft foam balls during the play fight. " action weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading