hailstone
pronunciation
How to pronounce hailstone in British English:
UK [ˈheɪlstəʊn]
How to pronounce hailstone in American English:
US [ˈheɪlstoʊn]
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- Noun:
- small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm
Word Origin
- hailstone (n.)
- Old English hagolstan; see hail (n.) + stone (n.).
Example
- 1. The growing grass was crushed down by hailstone .
- 2. Does that hailstone have my name on it ?
- 3. National bureau of standards " falling hailstone test "
- 4. The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night .
- 5. Preliminary research on equations of growth and heat balance of conical hailstone .