sleet
pronunciation
How to pronounce sleet in British English:
UK [sli:t]
How to pronounce sleet in American English:
US [slit]
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- Noun:
- partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
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- Verb:
- precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
Word Origin
- sleet (n.)
- c. 1300, slete, either from an unrecorded Old English *slete, *slyte, related to Middle High German sloz, Middle Low German sloten (plural) "hail," from Proto-Germanic *slautjan- (cognates: dialectal Norwegian slutr, Danish slud, Swedish sloud "sleet"), from root *slaut-.
- sleet (v.)
- early 14c., from sleet (n.). Related: Sleeted; sleeting.
Example
- 1. Photo tip : when shooting in cold weather , or extreme conditions such as snow and sleet , it 's important not to change your lenses outdoors .
- 2. Hail and sleet are types of precipitation .
- 3. This week , in driving sleet , the first force on the ground , 183 men deployed in the picturesque district of jalrez , were occupying a series of checkpoints .
- 4. I don 't do it in the sleet , it 's bad for morale , but I 've come to realise it 's the most effective and important hour of the day .
- 5. Driving snow and sleet brought more problems to the county 's roads last night .