pellet
noun
[ ˈpɛlɪt ]
• a small, rounded, compressed mass of a substance.
• "fish food pellets"
Similar:
little ball,
little piece,
prill,
pellet
verb
• form (a substance) into pellets.
• "the business made its name pelleting sugar beet seed"
• hit with or as if with pellets.
• "the last drops of rain were pelleting the windshield"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French pelote ‘metal ball’, from a diminutive of Latin pila ‘ball’.
