hailstone

[ heyl-stohn ]

/ ˈheɪlˌstoʊn /

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noun

a pellet of hail.

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Origin of hailstone

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hagolstān.See hail², stone

OTHER WORDS FROM hailstone

hailstoned, adjective

Words nearby hailstone

hail-fellow-well-met, hail from, hailing distance, Hail Mary, Hailsham of St Marylebone, hailstone, hailstorm, “Hail to the Chief”, Hailwood, haimish, Hainan

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More than a year after Operation Hailstone, Japan surrendered.
A WWII Battle Frozen in Time|Nina Strochlic|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Opening this, he exposed to the reporter's bewildered gaze a huge and brilliant diamond—nearly as large as a hailstone.
Sixes and Sevens|O. Henry
Dante's poetry seems to come down in hail, rather than in rain—but count me the drops congealed in one hailstone!
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
A shower of rain drove down upon us, each drop stinging like a hailstone.
The Sea-Wolf|Jack London

Though I was semi-unconscious I remember the bullets beating the ground like hailstone on a March day.
The Irish on the Somme|Michael MacDonagh
A heavy shower of hail was falling,--each hailstone about the size of an egg.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hailstone

hailstone

/ (ˈheɪlˌstəʊn) /

noun

a pellet of hail

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