pelletize
verb
pel·let·ize
ˈpe-lə-ˌtīz 
pelletized; pelletizing
1
: to form or compact into pellets
pelletize ore
2
: to coat (seeds) with a soluble material (as to facilitate ease of handling)
Examples of pelletize in a Sentence
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The mining and pelletizing segment supplies iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry from its mines and pellet plants located in Michigan and Minnesota.
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Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 4 May 2023
Instead of going to its usual vendors who collect, sort, wash, and pelletize the plastic into a consistent substrate, Herman Miller joined NextWave Plastics, a consortium that aims to divert tons of plastic from entering the ocean.
—Anne Quito, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2021
First, machines process, clean, flake, and pelletize the plastic bales.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2021
Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 4 May 2023
Instead of going to its usual vendors who collect, sort, wash, and pelletize the plastic into a consistent substrate, Herman Miller joined NextWave Plastics, a consortium that aims to divert tons of plastic from entering the ocean.
—Anne Quito, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2021
First, machines process, clean, flake, and pelletize the plastic bales.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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