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   pel·let

   /ˈpelət/

   noun

   • 1. a small, rounded, compressed mass of a substance: "fish food pellets" Similar little balllittle piecetechnical:prill
   • ▪ a piece of small shot or other lightweight bullet: "he had also been struck by a number of shotgun pellets" Similar bulletshotlead shotbuckshot
   • ▪ a small mass of bones and feathers regurgitated by a bird of prey or other bird: "owl pellets"
   • ▪ a small round piece of animal feces, especially from a rabbit or rodent. Similar excrementexcretadroppingfecesdungstooldirtmessmotion

   verb

   • 1. form or shape (a substance, especially animal food) into pellets: "the business made its name pelleting sugar beet seed"
   • 2. hit with or as though with pellets: "the last drops of rain were pelleting the windshield"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French pelote ‘metal ball’, from a diminutive of Latin pila ‘ball’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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