sleet

IPA: sɫˈit

noun

  • (chiefly US) Pellets of ice made of mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
  • (chiefly UK, Ireland, New England) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
  • (rare) A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
  • (firearms) Part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

verb

  • (impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
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Examples of "sleet" in Sentences

  • Snow and sleet is common during the winter.
  • The droplets then fall to earth as rain, snow, or sleet.
  • The weather was cold and later changed to sleet and snow.
  • The cloud top is where the snow, rain and sleet come from.
  • The earliest recorded occurrence of snow or sleet occurred in 1774.
  • Rain, sleet and snow travelled northwards throughout the early hours.
  • There had been a deep snow and sleet on the ground for a week or ten days.
  • The latest in the season that snow or sleet has fallen was on April 8, 2007.
  • A harsh winter would batter the emigrants with flash floods, sleet, and snow.
  • As the air's temperature dropped, the rain changed to sleet, and then it snowed.

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