ice pellets
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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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
Farther north, Canada’s weather and climate agency said that storm conditions would bring a wintry mix of snow and ice pellets to southern Ontario late Wednesday and into Thursday.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 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
His eyelids were freezing together, and soon they would be bound shut as ice pellets whipped his face from all directions.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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