sleet
sleet / slēt/ • n. a form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow. ∎ a thin coating of ice formed by sleet or rain freezing on contact with a cold surface.• v. [intr.] (it sleets, it is sleeting, etc.) sleet falls: it was sleeting so hard we could barely see.DERIVATIVES: sleet·y adj.
sleet
sleet Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and melting snow. In North America the term is applied to ice pellets of less than 5 mm in diameter.
sleet
sleet Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and melting snow. In N. America the term is applied to ice pellets of less than 5 mm in diameter.
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