Sleet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Precipitation consisting of generally transparent frozen or partially frozen raindrops.
  • n. A mixture of rain and snow or hail.
  • n. A thin icy coating that forms when rain or sleet freezes, as on trees or streets.
  • verb-intransitive. To shower sleet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mixture of rain and snow.
  • n. Rain which freezes before reaching the ground.
  • v. To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
  • n. Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.
  • verb-intransitive. To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Hail or snow mingled with rain, usually in fine particles, and frequently driven by the wind.
  • To rain and snow or hail at the same time.
  • n. In gunnery, that part of a mortar which passes from the chamber to the trunnions for strengthening the chamber.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
  • n. partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
  • Verb Form
    sleeted    sleeting    sleets   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fall    precipitate    comedown    precipitation    downfall   
    Cross Reference
    graupel    snow    freezing rain   
    Form
    sleeted    sleeting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ice pellets    slush   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crete    Deet    Delete    Fleet    Grete    Marguerite    Pete    Piet    Seat    Skeat   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hail    drizzle    slush    squall    downpour    frost    blizzard    snowflake    gale    flake