sleetnoun [ U ]
uk/sliːt/us/sliːt/wet, partly melted falling snow:
Driving snow and sleet brought more problems to the county's roads last night.
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Precipitation: snow & ice
- crevasse
- drift
- freeze
- frost
- frosty
- glacial
- glaciation
- hailstorm
- hoarfrost
- ice cap
- Jack Frost
- mogul
- moraine
- pack ice
- permafrost
- slushy
- snow line
- snowdrift
- snowfall
- snowflake
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sleet
verb [ I ] ukus
It's sleeting.
sleety
adjective uk/ˈsliː.ti/us/ˈsliː.t̬i/
sleety rain