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| beanbag |
a large sturdy pellet-filled bag used as a chair. [1/2 definitions] |
| hailstone |
a single pellet of hail. |
| nonpareil |
a pellet of colored sugar, or a small, flat chocolate candy covered with such pellets. [1/3 definitions] |
| pill |
a small hard pellet of a drug, medicine, or the like designed to be taken orally. [1/6 definitions] |
| popgun |
a toy gun from which a pellet or cork is shot by compressed air with a loud pop. |
| shot1 |
a lead pellet that is used with others to form the charge of a shotgun cartridge, or such pellets collectively. [1/10 definitions] |
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