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graupel

[grou-puh l]
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noun

snow pellets.

RELATED WORDS

blizzard, snowstorm, firn

Nearby words

  1. gratulate,
  2. gratulation,
  3. graubünden,
  4. grauer's gorilla,
  5. graunch,
  6. graustark,
  7. grav,
  8. gravadlax,
  9. gravamen,
  10. grave

Origin of graupel

1885–90; < German; diminutive of Graupe hulled grain
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Examples from the Web for graupel

  • From the base local showers of rain or snow, occasionally of hail or graupel, usually fall.

    Meteorology|Charles Fitzhugh Talman
British Dictionary definitions for graupel

graupel

noun

soft hail or snow pellets

Word Origin for graupel

German, from Graupe, probably from Serbo-Croat krupa; related to Russian krupá peeled grain
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Science definitions for graupel

graupel

[grou′pəl]

A small, white ice particle that falls as precipitation and breaks apart easily when it lands on a surface. Also called snow pellet soft hail
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