PELLET
Dictionary entry overview: What does pellet mean?
• PELLET (noun)
The noun PELLET has 2 senses:
1. a small sphere
2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm
Familiarity information: PELLET used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PELLET (noun)
Meaning:
A small sphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("pellet" is a kind of...):
ball; globe; orb (an object with a spherical shape)
Meaning:
A solid missile discharged from a firearm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pellet; shot
Context example:
the shot buzzed past his ear
Hypernyms ("pellet" is a kind of...):
missile; projectile (a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pellet"):
BB; BB shot (a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun)
bird shot; buckshot; duck shot (small lead shot for shotgun shells)
grapeshot (a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot)
ball; musket ball (a solid projectile that is shot by a musket)
Holonyms ("pellet" is a part of...):
canister; canister shot; case shot (a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm)
