pellet
English
/ˈpɛlɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
- A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
- Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
- (heraldiccharge) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
- One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
Etymology
Derived from Old French pelote (small ball) derived from Latin *pilotta, pila (ball, pillar, mole, pier, globe, a pillar).
Origin
Latin
pila
Gloss
ball, pillar, mole, pier, globe, a pillar
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
柱
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pelletron English
- biopellet English
- immunopellet English
- macropellet English
- micropellet English
- pelletable English
- pelletal English
- pelletization English
- pelletize English
- pelletizer English
- pellety English
- repellet English
- *pilotta Latin
- *pilāre Latin
- basipila Latin
- pila Latin
- pilamalleus Latin
- pilula Latin
- пеллета Russian
- pelota Spanish, Castilian
- pilar Norwegian Bokmål
- pelote Old French
- pilar Catalan, Valencian
- pêl Welsh
- pfīlāri Old High German
- pelota Occitan
- pilar Occitan
- *pistlā Proto-Italic
- pelota Old Occitan