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• plural of snow pellet.

snow pellets

American  

[snoh pel-its] / ˈsnoʊ ˌpɛl ɪts /

plural noun

1. precipitation, usually of brief duration, consisting of crisp, white, opaque ice particles, round or conical in shape and about two to five millimeters in diameter.

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Etymology

Origin of snow pellets

First recorded in 1940–45

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Example Sentences

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snow pellets

Graupel, also known as snow pellets or soft hail, forms when water droplets freeze onto a snow crystal, according to the National Weather Service.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

Graupel is also called snow pellets or soft hail, as the graupel particles are particularly fragile and generally disintegrate when handled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023

The sky began to spit little snow pellets.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015

Where these mysterious snow pellets went to puzzled and confused him; they seemed to vanish, as they had appeared, into the air about them.

From From Sand Hill to Pine by Bret Harte

"But," said Masterton, as the wind volleyed the sharp snow pellets in their faces and the leaders were scarcely distinguishable through the smoke-like discharges, "it can't be worse than here."

From From Sand Hill to Pine by Bret Harte

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