bird shot

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   small lead shot for shotgun shells

   Synonymsbuckshotduck shot

   Broadershot

   Part ofshotgun shell

Questions about bird shot

What does bird shot mean?

bird shot means "small lead shot for shotgun shells".

What is another word for bird shot?

Close synonyms include buckshot, duck shot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bird shot a common word?

bird shot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.