Definition of "pellet"

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.  examples

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.  examples

Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.  examples

(heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot).  examples

One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.  examples

To form into pellets.  examples

To strike with pellets.  examples