soft hail

noun

snow pellets.

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Origin of soft hail

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby soft hail

soft focus, soft fruit, soft furnishings, soft goods, soft ground, soft hail, soft hyphen, soft in the head, soft iron, soft job, soft launch
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Scientific definitions for soft hail

soft hail
[ sôft ]

See graupel.
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