hailstone
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- noun
- /ˈheɪlˌstoʊn/
- UK
:
granizo
- Heavy hailstones clatter against the barn window's dirty glass.
- the size of hailstones
- big hailstones
- large hailstones
Examples
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The rain crashed down, followed by hailstones so large they dented the automobile.
Fiction book (1990) -
During the storm, hailstones as big as marbles fell from the sky, creating a loud noise on the roof.
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Burl and his father brought home a hailstone and cut it open.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then big hailstones began falling.
Fiction book (1991) -
Johnny tries to imagine what it would be like to hold one in your hand, a hailstone the size of a grapefruit.
Fiction book (2002) -
Hailstones can range in size from as small as a pea to as large as a softball...
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The rain continued to come down in unpitying volume, interspersed with hailstones the size of duck eggs.
Fiction book (2002) -
The farmer worried that the hailstones would damage his crops and reduce the harvest.
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After the hailstorm passed, the ground was covered in hailstones, making it look like it had snowed.
Synonyms
Small hard pieces of ice that fall from the sky during storms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hailstone comes from the two simple words hail and stone, where hail means 'frozen rain' and stone was used because the hard balls of ice felt like small stones. So, a hailstone is a hard ball of ice that falls from the sky in a storm.