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ice pellets

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plural noun

Meteorology.
  1. precipitation consisting of particles of ice less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) in diameter, occurring either as frozen raindrops or as small hailstones.


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The embryos grow into soft ice pellets called graupel, says Sonia Lasher-Trapp, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2023

In Canada, ice pellets and freezing rain were forecast overnight after parts of southern Ontario were blanketed in snow during the evening rush hour on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023

Instead, the Sounders’ game against Real Salt Lake was merely delayed two hours while freezing rain formed a sheet of ice pellets on the Rio Tinto Stadium field.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022

Each shipper needs 50 pounds of dry ice pellets, so Pfizer is building its own dry ice factory.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2020

When he’d opened the door, the ground had been covered in golf-ball-size ice pellets for as far as he could see.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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