ice pellets

plural noun

, Meteorology.

1. precipitation consisting of particles of ice less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) in diameter, occurring either as frozen raindrops or as small hailstones.

Example Sentences

In time these trees are entirely worn away by the violence of wind-blown ice-pellets and the gnawings of the sand-toothed gales.

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The dogs paused instantly, lay down, and began to strip the ice pellets from between their toes.

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