1. A small rounded mass of a substance
   "The bird feeder was filled with seed pellets"
    
2. A solid missile discharged from a firearm
   "the pellet buzzed past his ear";
   - shot

1. Make or form into pellets
   "The factory pelleted the wood waste for fuel";
   - pelletize, pelletise [Brit]
    
2. Hit with pellets
   "The hunter pelleted the target during practice"

Derived forms: pellets, pelleted, pelleting

Type of: ball, globe, missile, orb, projectile

Part of: canister, canister shot, case shot

Encyclopedia: Pellet, fuel