pelletnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpel.ət/us/ˈpel.ət/a small hard ball or tube-shaped piece of any substance:
iron/lead/wax/plastic/paper pellets
food pellets
the solid waste of particular animals:
rabbit/sheep pellets
small metal objects that are shot from some types of gun:
airgun pellets
shotgun pellets
a pellet gun
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Spherical, circular and annular objects
- ball
- blob
- bobble
- bowling ball
- bubble
- cylinder
- egg
- game ball
- glob
- globe
- globule
- knob
- orb
- pommel
- ring
- roll
- sphere
- spool
- spring
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