PELLET

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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)