hail
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1.0
- noun
- /heɪl/
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- Following a freak thunderstorm, hail hit the desert town of Milawee in Central Australia... the first ever recorded fall of hail in the region.
- rain and hail
- hail damage
- snow and hail
And it was early winter and snowstorms and hail and rain and whatever.
- And it was early winter and snowstorms and hail and rain and whatever.
- Literally we got hail, we got rain, we got winds.
- But yeah, we've had hail and rain and wind and so I'm thankful for this sun.
- It'll actually be most days, thunderstorms and hail.
- So raindrops aren't damaging, But it's a different story for hail.
- I'm just crossing my fingers for some serious hail.
- Began where it went from hail the size of golf balls and footballs and soccer balls, then small Cadillacs.
- The Ultrafine looks like almost like little flakes of snow versus the fine looks more like, you know, little, almost like hail.
- That's what I've heard happens way louder like I'm just ripping hail storms over here.
- And today we are talking about a hail cannon.
- It turned out ice EIS could be it could mean hail ice, you know, ice or it could mean ice cream.
Examples
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During the storm, the hail fell in heavy showers, creating a loud noise on the roof.
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The weather worsens as the hail suddenly pelts the plane, and it comes down hard.
Fiction book (2000) -
So we just always pray for little to no hail if at all possible.
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There is hail in that storm!
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There are hail storms, and I mean major hail storms, in the Middle East.
Blog text (9) -
We got hit with an incredible storm, a hail storm, and we were doing the chase, but we had to keep shooting, because we had very little time left to finish the film.
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Mike found some golf-ball-sized hail in the front yard, but nothing like what our neighbor found.
Blog text (22) -
For example, heavy hail can wipe out a crop of wheat and other grains.
Academic text (1996) -
After firing exercises, strong winds, rain, thunder, lightning, and hail would routinely sweep the area, destroying homes.
Academic text (1997) -
The weather report warned of severe thunderstorms with large hail expected in the area.
Synonyms
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3.5
Water like rain, snow, or hail that falls from the sky
3
1.7
A small hard ball of ice that falls from the sky
Small hard pieces of ice that fall from the sky during storms
Compounds
- Archaic
Being friendly and cheerful when meeting people, sometimes too familiar
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hail (noun for ice) comes from a very old word for frozen 'stones' that fall from the sky, so you can remember hail as little hard pieces of ice hitting the ground.