Definition of "pellet" in İngilizce

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 and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.

4. (heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot).

5. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

verb

1. To form into pellets.

2. To strike with pellets.