NOUN | shape | pellet | a small sphere |
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artifact | pellet, shot | a solid missile discharged from a firearm |
Sounds | peh'laht | |
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Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... |
Meaning | A small sphere. | |
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Broader | ball, globe, orb | An object with a spherical shape |
Spanish | bolita, egagrópila, pelotilla | |
Catalan | boleta |
Meaning | A solid missile discharged from a firearm. | |
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Synonym | shot | |
Part of | case shot, canister, canister shot | A metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm |
Narrower | 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, grape | A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | |
musket ball, ball | A solid projectile that is shot by a musket | |
Broader | projectile, missile | A weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled |
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