It is made from premium 100 % cotton that is sewn into small squares and filled with small pellets that help distribute weight evenly across your body to give you better comfort. (geekwrapped.com)
The reference is to the weapon, which, rather than aiming precisely, spreads a large number of small pellets over a large area in a random pattern. (sciencemag.org)
Nuclear fuel rods are made of hundreds of small pellets of enriched uranium placed end - to - end inside hollow tubes of zircaloy that are about a half - inch across. (sciencedaily.com)