hailstone
Americannoun
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a pellet of hail.
noun
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a pellet of hail
Other Word Forms
- hailstoned adjective
Etymology
Origin of hailstone
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hagolstān. See hail 2, stone
Example Sentences
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He posted photos on X, formerly Twitter, showing one home with its roof torn off and another with roof shingles and himself holding a baseball-sized hailstone.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024
That is, the hailstone Mr. Scott collected in 2010, which measured eight inches across and weighed nearly two pounds, was no longer the largest ever recorded.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2022
A 20-month-old child has died in Spain after being struck on the head by a hailstone.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2022
The record is now an official entry in the World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive, a sort of Guinness World Records for weather that also includes the heaviest hailstone and longest lightening flash.
From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2021
The sky hurled hailstone after hailstone onto my field.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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