a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.

a small wad or ball of wax, paper, etc., for throwing, shooting, or the like.

one of a charge of small shot, as for a shotgun.

a bullet.

a ball, usually of stone, formerly used as a missile.

Also called cast. Ornithology . a small, roundish mass of matter regurgitated by certain predatory birds, consisting of the indigestible remains, as the fur, feathers, and bones, of the prey.

(in Romanesque architecture) a hemispherical or disklike carved ornament.

Heraldry . ogress 2 .

to form into pellets; pelletize.

to hit with pellets.

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ball , bolus , bullet , mass , pebble , pill , rock , shot , stone , wad