hailstone

American  

[heyl-stohn] / ˈheɪlˌstoʊn /

noun

1. a pellet of hail.

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hailstone British  

/ ˈheɪlˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a pellet of hail

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Other Word Forms

• hailstoned adjective

Etymology

Origin of hailstone

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

Example Sentences

I vowed to work doubly hard the next day, but she took little consolation in that promise, showering me with complaints as heavy as hailstones as I rushed out the kitchen door.

From Literature

Now she could hear hailstones cracking against the cabin, louder and louder.

From Literature

Large hailstones, some the size of £1 coins, fell in a 20-minute burst over the city, with some roads also flooded in the city centre.

From BBC

That's the reason we publish more content explaining the physics of the aurora borealis, or why climate change is leading to bigger hailstones.

From BBC

There were "hailstones as big as toes with torrential rain, thunderstorm and lightning", he said.

From BBC