hail·stone

[heyl-stohn]
noun
a pellet of hail.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hagolstān. See hail2, stone

hail·stoned, adjective
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hailstone (ˈheɪlˌstəʊn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a pellet of hail

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Hailstone is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
There is a half dollar to the left of the hailstone.
Eventually, the hailstone becomes too heavy for the updrafts to support it.
Many times, it is easier to determine the size of a hailstone by comparing it
  to common objects.
Aggregate hailstone approximately six inches in diameter.
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