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hailstone
[
heyl
-stohn
]
hail·stone
/
ˈheɪlˌstoʊn
/
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[
heyl
-stohn
]
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noun
a pellet of hail.
Origin:
before 1000;
Middle English;
Old English
hagolstān.
See
hail
2
,
stone
Related forms
hail·stoned,
adjective
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hailstone
(ˈheɪlˌstəʊn)
—
n
a pellet of hail
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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