hailstone

[ heyl-stohn ]

noun

1. a pellet of hail.

hailstone

/ ˈheɪlˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a pellet of hail

Other Words From

• hailstoned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hailstone¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hagolstān. See hail ², stone

Example Sentences

“Mobile real estate” is becoming an asset class unto itself, a wise investment for a world where flooding could sweep away your home, giant hailstones could smash through its roof, or a sinkhole could emerge at the end of your driveway.

From Popular-Science

More than a year after Operation Hailstone, Japan surrendered.

From The Daily Beast

Opening this, he exposed to the reporter's bewildered gaze a huge and brilliant diamond—nearly as large as a hailstone.

From Project Gutenberg

Dante's poetry seems to come down in hail, rather than in rain—but count me the drops congealed in one hailstone!

From Project Gutenberg

A shower of rain drove down upon us, each drop stinging like a hailstone.

From Project Gutenberg

Though I was semi-unconscious I remember the bullets beating the ground like hailstone on a March day.

From Project Gutenberg

A heavy shower of hail was falling,--each hailstone about the size of an egg.

From Project Gutenberg