pellet

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pel·let [pellet pellets pelleted pelleting] BrE [ˈpelɪt] NAmE [ˈpelɪt] noun
1. a small hard ball of any substance, often of soft material that has become hard
•food pellets for chickens
•owl pellets (= the dried waste material from ↑owls )
•slug pellets (= to kill ↑slugs )
2. a very small metal ball that is fired from a gun

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French pelote ‘metal ball’, from a diminutive of Latin pila ‘ball’.

Example Bank:
•The cat had been hit by an airgun pellet.