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graupel

[ grou-puhl ]

graupel

/ ˈɡraʊpəl /

noun

  1. soft hail or snow pellets
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


graupel

/ groupəl /

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of graupel1

1885–90; < German; diminutive of Graupe hulled grain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of graupel1

German, from Graupe, probably from Serbo-Croat krupa; related to Russian krupá peeled grain
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Example Sentences

A stray shower can’t be ruled out — perhaps even a couple snowflakes or grains of frozen graupel mixed in somewhere nearby.

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

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