hailstone

[heyl-stohn]

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)
 
n
a pellet of hail

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