pellet
noun
a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
Example Sentences
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Crews also mount paintball-style “triple shooters” to ATVs, blasting peanut-butter flea-killer pellets across prairie-dog towns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Scientists and conservation groups have long warned lead shotgun pellets can contaminate habitats and harm wildlife after being deposited in the environment.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Recovery is largely being paid for by insurers representing BG Orange, which was carrying the pellets, as well as local councils and the Port of Tyne.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Drywood termites eject tiny, hard fecal pellets from their wooden galleries.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
It makes pellets out of phonemes, implies that the deep structures of grammar are made of something like cement.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
