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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pellet
as in beads

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Recent Examples of pellets
Noun
The blankets are filled with beads or pellets to calm anxiety and stress for better sleep. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026 Rather than dealing with molten salts and potential phase transition, 247Solar heats up ceramic pellets roughly the size of a golf ball. — ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026 While the broader Columbia facility has operated since 1968 producing pellets, rods, and complete assemblies, mass production of LEU+ marks a technical shift. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pellets
  1. bullets
  2. clumps
  3. balls
  4. lumps
Noun
  • After riddling the vehicle with bullets and receiving backup from the 400 Mawozo gang, the gunmen set the vehicle on fire with an explosive device, several sources told the Herald.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Idaho is abundant in critical minerals like antimony, a mineral used in defense manufacturing for bullets, flame retardants, night vision goggles as well as consumer electronics, wind turbines, solar panels and more.
    — Charlotte Hu, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of bullets
Verb
  • Dividing clumps every few years in early spring also maintains their vigor.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
  • Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
    — Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of clumps
Noun
  • Wickham raised his fifty off 123 balls with a single against off-spinner Nayeem Hasan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • There are a lot of balls in the air at once, even as Americans are desperate for relief right now.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of balls
Verb
  • State records say two other now-inactive companies the indictment lumps in with those seven, Online Insurance Auctions and Insurance Auctions, LLC, were run (on paper) by Georgios Alexopoulos out of Fort Lauderdale.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • That number lumps new deadbot platforms in with much more widely used and established grief tech, like online memorials, counseling resources, and estate planning tools.
    — Lissa Soep, Vox, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of lumps

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“Pellets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pellets. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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