1. small round balls or pieces of compressed material
2. small pieces of food for animals, especially birds or fish
3. small metal balls used as ammunition in air guns or shotguns

Examples

• The rabbit ate the food pellets from its bowl.
• She loaded the air rifle with metal pellets.
• The fish tank filter uses carbon pellets to clean the water.
• Wood pellets are used as fuel for heating stoves.
• The bird feeder was filled with seed pellets.
• Ice pellets bounced off the car windshield during the storm.
• The medicine comes in small white pellets that dissolve quickly.