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Word: Pellet
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɛlɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
form (a substance) into pellets
Short Definition:form into pellets
Examples:- the business made its name pelleting sugar beet seed
- pelleted forms of fertilizer
Definition:
hit with or as if with pellets
Short Definition:hit with pellets
Examples:- the last drops of rain were pelleting the windshield
Word: Pellet
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French pelote ‘metal ball’, from a diminutive of Latin pila ‘ball’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɛlɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small, rounded, compressed mass of a substance
Short Definition:rounded compressed mass
Examples:- fish food pellets
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