Synonyms of pellets

pellets 1 of 2

noun

plural of pellet

as in bullets

a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm

the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bullets
• balls
• cartridges
• shells
• ammunitions
• loads
• projectiles
• missiles
• rounds
• slugs
• shots
• gunshots
• caps
• dumdums
• cannonballs
• leads
• charges
• pops

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blanks

pellets

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pellet

as in beads

Related Words

• beads
• clumps
• pearls
• lumps
• balls
• pelletizes
• spheres
• bunches
• wads
• rounds
• agglomerates
• rolls

Dissimilar Words

• spreads
• unrolls
• opens
• unfolds
• flattens
• smooths

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pellets

Noun

Before releasing the ferrets, scientists dust prairie dog burrows with insecticide and scatter food pellets laced with fipronil, the same chemical used in flea control among pets. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

There were over 25 poop pellets in that storage area, near the stairs where there was also a dead roach. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Evidence from fireplaces, animal remains, carnivores, and even owl pellets suggested that people occupied it only briefly. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

Birdshot is ammunition loaded with multiple small pellets, typically used for hunting birds and other small game rather than large targets. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

South Korea was previously the largest importer of wood pellets from Indonesia until the government drastically reduced subsidies for biomass energy after rising domestic and international criticism of its link to deforestation. — ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

Your device comes with a bag of compost starter, little rodent-feed-looking pellets of microorganisms derived from soy and cheese. — Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Sep. 2026

Those pellets were then placed into moulds and dried, allowing the fungal threads to come together and form a continuous sheet. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026

Once that plant is up and running, only six uranium fuel pellets, which cost about $25 each (or $150 total) and are burned to make nuclear energy, are needed to power an average American household for a year. — Donald Keough, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026