1
a
: a usually small rounded, spherical, or cylindrical body (as of food or medicine)
b
: a wad of indigestible material (as of bones and fur) regurgitated by a bird of prey
2
: any of various projectiles fired from a weapon (such as an air rifle)
pelleted; pelleting; pellets
Examples of pellet in a Sentence
Noun
the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
At the same time, ICE and other DHS agents have been documented having fired pellets at a protesting pastor in Chicago, throwing a migrant woman to the floor of a New York City immigration court and having maced a woman in Portland, Oregon.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
The technique has produced delicious, consistent results from campsites in Big Sur, California, and Baja, Mexico—and in everything from frying oil to pellet grills to standard home ovens.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
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Noun
This uranium is processed into ceramic pellets, which are loaded into long metal tubes called fuel rods, and several rods are bundled to form a fuel assembly.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
At the same time, ICE and other DHS agents have been documented having fired pellets at a protesting pastor in Chicago, throwing a migrant woman to the floor of a New York City immigration court and having maced a woman in Portland, Oregon.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
The cold air is the same, and the snow pellets my cap, sifts under my collar.
—Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
The technique has produced delicious, consistent results from campsites in Big Sur, California, and Baja, Mexico—and in everything from frying oil to pellet grills to standard home ovens.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for pellet
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“Pellet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pellet. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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pellet
noun
pel·let
ˈpel-ət 
: a usually small rounded or spherical body
specifically
: a small cylindrical or ovoid compressed mass (as of a hormone) that is implanted subcutaneously for slow absorption into bodily tissues
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