hailstone
noun/ˈheɪlstəʊn/
/ˈheɪlstəʊn/
[usually plural]- a small ball of ice that falls like rain
- Britain’s biggest recorded hailstone weighed 5 oz.
- We struggled up the hill in a wind full of dust and hailstones.
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