pellets
n. plural-onlyn. small, hard pieces of something that are shaped like little balls or tubes. You often see these used as food for pets or as fuel for heating.
n. small, compressed masses of a substance, typically cylindrical or spherical in shape. Often refers to animal feed, fuel sources, or industrial raw materials.
The farmer gave the rabbits some food pellets.
Many homeowners are switching to stoves that burn wood pellets because they are more efficient than traditional logs.
The manufacturing process involves compressing raw plastic into uniform pellets, which are then shipped to factories to be melted and molded into consumer goods.
While the singular 'pellet' exists for a single grain, the word is most frequently used in the plural to describe a bulk quantity of material.