Sleet

noun

/sliːt/

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounPellets of ice made of mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.

2.nounA mixture of rain and snow.

3.nounA smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.

4.nounPart of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

5.verb(of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.

"I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting."

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