prill

/prɪl/
verb
  1. To form or shape into small pellets or beads.
    • Farmers often prill ammonium nitrate to make it easier to spread on fields.
    • The chemist learned how to prill the compound for safer handling.
    • The factory uses a special machine to prill the molten sulfur into solid beads.
noun
  1. A small pellet or bead of a substance, especially a solid chemical or metal.
    • The fertilizer came in the form of tiny white prills that dissolved easily in water.
    • Workers poured the molten metal into a cooling tower to form small prills.
    • Each prill of the catalyst was perfectly round and uniform in size.
  2. A small, round piece of something, like a tiny ball or granule.
    • The soil was mixed with prills of clay to improve drainage.
    • She noticed prills of salt on the surface of the pretzel.
    • The birdseed contained prills of corn and sunflower hearts.
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