hailstone

[ heyl-stohn ]

/ ˈheɪlˌstoʊn /

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noun

a pellet of hail.

Origin of hailstone

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hagolstān.See hail², stone

OTHER WORDS FROM hailstone

hailstoned, adjective

Words nearby hailstone

hail-fellow-well-met, hail from, hailing distance, Hail Mary, Hailsham of St Marylebone, hailstone, hailstorm, “Hail to the Chief”, Hailwood, haimish, Hainan

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Example sentences from the Web for hailstone

Thus the hailstone grows until the current is no longer strong enough to support it when it falls to the ground.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7|Various
Dante's poetry seems to come down in hail, rather than in rain—but count me the drops congealed in one hailstone!
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
This hailstone is said to have fallen upon the estate of Mr. Moffat of Ord.
Nature's Miracles, Volume 1|Elisha Gray
Opening this, he exposed to the reporter's bewildered gaze a huge and brilliant diamond—nearly as large as a hailstone.
Sixes and Sevens|O. Henry

Still another instance is recorded of a hailstone having fallen in 1849 of nearly twenty feet in circumference.
Nature's Miracles, Volume 1|Elisha Gray

British Dictionary definitions for hailstone

hailstone

/ (ˈheɪlˌstəʊn) /

noun

a pellet of hail

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单词	hailstone
释义	hailstone [ heyl-stohn ] / ˈheɪlˌstoʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hailstone ON THESAURUS.COM noun a pellet of hail. Origin of hailstone before 1000; Middle English; Old English hagolstān.See hail², stone OTHER WORDS FROM hailstone hailstoned, adjective Words nearby hailstone hail-fellow-well-met, hail from, hailing distance, Hail Mary, Hailsham of St Marylebone, hailstone, hailstorm, “Hail to the Chief”, Hailwood, haimish, Hainan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hailstone Thus the hailstone grows until the current is no longer strong enough to support it when it falls to the ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7\|Various Dante's poetry seems to come down in hail, rather than in rain—but count me the drops congealed in one hailstone! The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846\|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett This hailstone is said to have fallen upon the estate of Mr. Moffat of Ord. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1\|Elisha Gray Opening this, he exposed to the reporter's bewildered gaze a huge and brilliant diamond—nearly as large as a hailstone. Sixes and Sevens\|O. Henry Still another instance is recorded of a hailstone having fallen in 1849 of nearly twenty feet in circumference. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1\|Elisha Gray British Dictionary definitions for hailstone hailstone / (ˈheɪlˌstəʊn) / noun a pellet of hail Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hailstone chunk, glaze, hail, crystal, iceberg, icicle, glacier, sleet, diamonds, permafrost, floe, dry ice, ice cube
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hailstone

noun

Origin of hailstone

OTHER WORDS FROM hailstone

Words nearby hailstone

Example sentences from the Web for hailstone

British Dictionary definitions for hailstone

noun

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