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" We have a shotgun we inherited from my father-in-law, a paranoid Englishman living in Texas. I have a .22 Marlin rifle, similar to the one Annie Oakley had, and my husband has a .357 Magnum pistol. All those are locked up tight, of course. We have a couple of pellet guns that get more use than the real guns."
Bonnie Jo Campbell

Meaning of "pellet" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PELLET

From Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilota (unattested), from Latin pila ball.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PELLET

ˈpɛlɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PELLET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pellet is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pellet in English.

WHAT DOES PELLET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pellet

Pellet are small particles typically created by compressing an original material. Specific items often termed 'pellet' include: ▪ Pelletizing is the industrial process used to create pellets, using a pellet mill or equipment for extrusion and spheronization ▪ Spheroids is the process for the manufacture of round and regularly sized pellets by the process of spheronization ▪ Plastic resin pellet, a raw material used in plastics manufacturing ▪ Animal feed pellet, a foodstuff produced from various raw materials and additives ▪ Bird pellet, a round ball of undigested matter that some bird species regurgitate ▪ Pellet stove fuel: ▪ wood pellets, ▪ corn pellets, ▪ grass pellets ▪ Precipitation, as formed during centrifugation ▪ Pellet, an open-source Java OWL DL reasoner. ▪ Carbonate pellet, a natural sedimentary structure found in limestones. Bullets ▪ Air gun pellets, non-spherical projectiles fired from air guns ▪ Airsoft pellets, spherical plastic projectiles used in Airsoft guns ▪ Lead shot, metal balls that are fired from a shotgun Other uses ▪ in heraldry, a black roundel...

Definition of pellet in the English dictionary

The first definition of pellet in the dictionary is a small round ball, esp of compressed matter. Other definition of pellet is an imitation bullet used in toy guns. Pellet is also a piece of small shot.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PELLET

PRESENT

Present
I pellet
you pellet
he/she/it pellets
we pellet
you pellet
they pellet
Present continuous
I am pelleting
you are pelleting
he/she/it is pelleting
we are pelleting
you are pelleting
they are pelleting
Present perfect
I have pelleted
you have pelleted
he/she/it has pelleted
we have pelleted
you have pelleted
they have pelleted
Present perfect continuous
I have been pelleting
you have been pelleting
he/she/it has been pelleting
we have been pelleting
you have been pelleting
they have been pelleting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pelleted
you pelleted
he/she/it pelleted
we pelleted
you pelleted
they pelleted
Past continuous
I was pelleting
you were pelleting
he/she/it was pelleting
we were pelleting
you were pelleting
they were pelleting
Past perfect
I had pelleted
you had pelleted
he/she/it had pelleted
we had pelleted
you had pelleted
they had pelleted
Past perfect continuous
I had been pelleting
you had been pelleting
he/she/it had been pelleting
we had been pelleting
you had been pelleting
they had been pelleting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pellet
you will pellet
he/she/it will pellet
we will pellet
you will pellet
they will pellet
Future continuous
I will be pelleting
you will be pelleting
he/she/it will be pelleting
we will be pelleting
you will be pelleting
they will be pelleting
Future perfect
I will have pelleted
you will have pelleted
he/she/it will have pelleted
we will have pelleted
you will have pelleted
they will have pelleted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pelleting
you will have been pelleting
he/she/it will have been pelleting
we will have been pelleting
you will have been pelleting
they will have been pelleting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pellet
you would pellet
he/she/it would pellet
we would pellet
you would pellet
they would pellet
Conditional continuous
I would be pelleting
you would be pelleting
he/she/it would be pelleting
we would be pelleting
you would be pelleting
they would be pelleting
Conditional perfect
I would have pellet
you would have pellet
he/she/it would have pellet
we would have pellet
you would have pellet
they would have pellet
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pelleting
you would have been pelleting
he/she/it would have been pelleting
we would have been pelleting
you would have been pelleting
they would have been pelleting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pellet
we let´s pellet
you pellet
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pellet
Past participle
pelleted
Present Participle
pelleting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PELLET

appellate · bracelet · bullet · chocolate · flabellate · lenticellate · lit · Marprelate · patellate · prelate · split · stellate · stipellate · tablet · template · toilet · varicellate · vellet · violet · wallet

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PELLET

pell · pell-mell · Pella · pellack · pellagra · pellagrin · pellagrous · Pelles · pellet gun · pelletal · Pelletier · pelletisation · pelletise · pelletiser · pelletization · pelletize · pelletizer · pellicle · pellicular · pellitories

WORDS THAT END LIKE PELLET

ballet · billet · callet · capellet · chicken fillet · collet · fillet · gallet · gillet · magic bullet · mallet · millet · mullet · pallet · quillet · Rambouillet · sallet · silver bullet · skillet · tallet

Synonyms and antonyms of pellet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PELLET»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pellet» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «pellet» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PELLET

Find out the translation of pellet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pellet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pellet» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

小球
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

perdigón
570 millions of speakers
en

English

pellet
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

गोली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كُرَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

катышек
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

pelota
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বটিকা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

grain
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pelet
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Kügelchen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

小球
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

작은 공
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pellet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

viên
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உருண்டை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पॅलेट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

topak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

pallottolina
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kulka
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

кулька
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cocoloș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βώλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klont
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

liten kula
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

liten kule
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pellet

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PELLET»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of pellet
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pellet

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «PELLET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pellet.
1
Bonnie Jo Campbell
We have a shotgun we inherited from my father-in-law, a paranoid Englishman living in Texas. I have a .22 Marlin rifle, similar to the one Annie Oakley had, and my husband has a .357 Magnum pistol. All those are locked up tight, of course. We have a couple of pellet guns that get more use than the real guns.
2
Homaro Cantu
Unlike charcoal grills, which take up to 30 minutes or more to heat up, wood pellet grills can give off an even heat quite quickly. And, unlike propane grills which heat up quickly but lack flavor, foods cooked on pellet grills are rich in smokiness and succulence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PELLET»

Discover the use of pellet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pellet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Pellet Handbook: The Production and Thermal Utilization ...
First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Gerold Thek, Ingwald Obernberger, 2012
2
Wood Pellet Heating Systems: The Earthscan Expert Handbook ...
Wood Pellet Heating Systems is a comprehensive handbook covering all aspects of wood pellet heating technology.
Dilwyn Jenkins, 2010
3
Showdown at Lonesome Pellet
With the nasty Pointy Brothers terrorizing the peaceful coney town of Lonesome Pellet, the townsfolk look to Saladin, a mysterious stranger sporting an unusual radish hat, to take on the Pointy Brothers. By the author of A Coney Tale.
Paul Rátz de Tagyos, 1994
4
The Effect of Steam Conditioning Practices on Pellet Quality ...
Feed currently incurs 60-65% of the total cost of broiler production.
Sarah Elizabeth Cutlip, 2007
5
Analytical Chemistry for Technicians, Third Edition
The KBr pellet technique is based on the fact that dry, finely powdered potassium bromide has the property of being able to be squeezed under very high pressure into a transparent disc — transparent to both infrared light and visible light.
John Kenkel, 2002
6
Pellet-clad Interaction in Water Reactor Fuels: Seminar ...
Stress concentration in the cladding in relation to pellet fragmentation and cracking Figure 3. Hourglass distortion Inter-pellet O z Mid-pellet Contact between fuel fragments in the mid-pellet plane identical fragments. All pellet fragments are ...
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 2005
7
The Handbook of Biomass Combustion and Co-firing
4.4 Wood pellet appliances and burners 4.4.1 Background The use of wood pellets for domestic heating is a rather recent phenomenon. Pellet-fired appliances were developed in the 1980s but significant market penetration of pellet stoves ...
Sjaak Van Loo, Jaap Koppejan, 2012
8
Wood Pelletization Source Book: A Sample Business Plan for ...
Serves as a source book for wood pelleting operations and as a business plan guide for people or organizations interested in starting a wood pellet business.
DIANE Publishing Company, 1995
9
Emerging Trends in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy
Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited is operating a 4.2 Mtpa Pellet Plant for feeding to Corex and Blast Furnace iron making units. Good pellet strength is a critical requirement to achieve high permeability of bed for high productivity and low fuel  ...
‎2005
10
Diet Formulation and Manufacturing Technique Interactions ...
ABSTRACT Diet Formulation and Manufacturing Technique Interactions Affect Pellet Quality and Broiler Growth Nancy P. Buchanan The majority of broilers are fed pelleted diets. Feeding pelleted diets results in an improvement in weight gain ...
Nancy P. Buchanan, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PELLET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pellet is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Pixels' Pops $21.4M Power Pellet; 'Minions' Mighty With $44M; 'Ant …
Sony's Pixels is the newest kid in the studio arcade this weekend, scoring $21.4M from 56 international markets in the frame — its 2nd after ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
2
Drive-by shooter hits couple walking down street with pellet gun
A husband and wife were walking down Redwood Road in West Valley City on Saturday when they were both shot with a pellet gun, police say ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
3
Dad arrested after son shoots himself with pellet gun
Police and paramedics received a call at 1 a.m. for a man between the ages of 18 and 20 who said he had shot himself with a pellet gun. «CP24 Toronto's Breaking News, Jul 15»
4
Sheriff's Office investigating drive-by pellet shooting
The Cleveland County Sheriff's Department is currently investigating a drive-by shooting involving birdshot pellets on O G Lail Road in Shelby. «Shelby Star, Jul 15»
5
Man charged with shooting pellet gun from River North building held …
Bail was set at $250,000 for a 24-year-old man accused of firing a high-powered pellet rifle from his River North balcony, damaging homes and ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Viridis Energy's Okanagan Pellet Company begins plant upgrades
Viridis Energy's wholly owned subsidiary, Okanagan Pellet Company Inc. ("OPC"), has commenced a major one to two year plant upgrade that ... «Lesprom Network, Jul 15»
7
Pellet makers seek rollback of export duty
Pellet manufacturers across the country who are operating at barely 35 per cent of their installed capacity of 83 million tonne per annum (mtpa) ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
8
2 juveniles arrested for firing pellet guns at drivers
A tip from Silent Witness and information from the community has led to the arrest of suspects accused of firing pellet guns at drivers in ... «KPHO Phoenix, Jul 15»
9
Man shot in face with pellet through window of his Northamptonshire …
A man was shot with a pellet which missed his eye by less than an inch. ... been shot with a pellet of some kind at about 4.30am on Sunday. «Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Jul 15»
10
Westminster man sentenced to 1 year for threat with pellet gun
13, Fabrick pulled out a pellet gun and threatened his then-girlfriend, according to Senior Assistant State's Attorney Melissa Hockensmith. «Carroll County Times, Jul 15»
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