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sleet

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noun/sliːt/
  1. 1

    Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.UScountableuncountable

  2. 2

    Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.IrelandNortheasternUK

    • Though it never really snows it’s more like horizontal sleet
  3. 3

    A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.countablerareuncountable

  4. 4

    The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.countableuncountable

verb/sliːt/
  1. 1

    To be in a state in which sleet is falling.impersonal

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

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