graupel

[grou-puh l]

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noun

snow pellets.

Origin of graupel

1885–90; < German; diminutive of Graupe hulled grain

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Related Words for graupel

blizzard, snowstorm, firn, graupel

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Historical Examples of 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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graupel in Science

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