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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

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

Hamlin turned in the saddle, feeling already the sharp sting of snow pellets on his face.

From Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier by Blumenschein, Ernest L.

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 Harte, Bret