sleet
16
2.8
- noun
- /sliːt/
- UK
:
aguanieve
- Rain turned into sleet, then snow, and a howling gale blew.
- sleet and snow
We will not stop for rain, sleet or snow.
- We will not stop for rain, sleet or snow.
- Detroit, I don't care rain, sleet or snow.
- He doesn't like he doesn't do he doesn't do well with the heat, but instead he's going through sleet and snow storms and all kinds of stuff.
- I I worked hours on hours in the training pitch in the sleet and snow and wet and windy conditions, which I believe.
- Rail, sleet, heat, snow, cold, hopefully not in my bedroom, but you get the idea.
Examples
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We will not stop for rain, sleet or snow.
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The hard, wind-driven pellets of sleet, mixed now with the blowing snow, stung his uncovered nose and lips.
Fiction book (2001) -
Through the driving sleet and rain
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Gray sheets of rain and sleet fell for days.
Fiction book (1998) -
The radio announcer said the sleet would continue till evening.
Fiction book (1998) -
The rain turns to sleet, puts out the fire, and entombs the monster in solid ice.
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A cold wind blasted her face, the fine sleet it carried stinging her skin.
Fiction book (1992) -
The rain mixed with sleet beats fiercely against the tin body of the car.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now rain and sleet had been falling for days and the battlefield was made-up pretty much of swamps and tiny lakes.
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The weather forecast predicts rain turning to sleet later in the day.
Synonyms
37
3.5
Water like rain, snow, or hail that falls from the sky
Antonyms
How Much Ice
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sleet goes back to Old English words for wet, icy rain. A helpful way to remember it is to picture rain with small pieces of ice that make the road 'slip', so sleet is the cold mix of rain and partly melted snow that makes surfaces slippery.