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Meaning of Pellet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈpɛl.ɪt

Definitions

  1. A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
  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. A roundel sable (black circular spot).
  5. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

Equivalents

العربية البندقة
Bosanski pelen top
Čeština diabolka
Cymraeg peled pelen
Deutsch Gewölle Granulat
Ελληνικά σφαιρίδιο
Français granulé pellet pelote plomb
Gàidhlig peilear
Hrvatski pelen top
Bahasa Indonesia butiran pelet
Íslenska böllur
Italiano pellet
한국어 알갱이 총탄 탄환
Kurdî soret top top
Polski granulka Śrut
Русский окатыш погадка
Slovenčina granula
Српски pelen top
Svenska pellet spyboll
Türkçe top
Українська дробовий кулька
Yorùbá àhàyá

Examples

“a pellet of wood, paper, or ore”

CEFR level

C2
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