MSN home
Mail
My MSN
encarta
greeting cards
encarta
®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
pelham
pelican
pelican crossing
Pelican State
pelisse
pelite
pell-mell
pellagra
pellet
pellicle
pellitory
pellucid
Pelly
pelmanism
pelmet
pelobatid
Peloponnesus
Also available:
World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français
pellet
pel·let
[
péllət
]
noun
(
plural
pel·lets
)
Definition:
1.
small ball of compressed material:
a small ball or piece of material that has been pressed tightly together, e.g. for animal feed or a medicine
2.
small bullet:
a small bullet or ball of metal fired from a gun, especially an air gun
3.
imitation bullet:
an imitation bullet for use in a toy gun
4.
stone missile:
a ball, usually made of stone, formerly used as a cannonball or as a missile fired from a catapult
5.
zoology
animal feces:
a small round piece of the feces of some animals such as sheep or rabbits
6.
birds
regurgitated matter:
an undigested mass of food, mostly bone and hair, that is regurgitated by owls and other birds of prey
transitive verb
(
past and past participle
pel·let·ed
,
present participle
pel·let·ing
,
3rd person present singular
pel·lets
)
Definition:
1.
make pellets of something:
to make or form something into pellets
2.
strike something with pellets:
to bombard or hit somebody or something with pellets
[
14th century. < French
pelote
"small ball" < Latin
pila
"ball"
]
pel·let·i·za·tion
[
pèlləti záysh'n
]
noun
pel·let·ize
transitive verb
pel·let·iz·er
noun
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
MSN Privacy
Legal
Advertise
Feedback
Help
© 2009 Microsoft
pel·let·i·za·tion [ pèlləti záysh'n ] nounpel·let·ize transitive verbpel·let·iz·er noun
