1syllable
sleet
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Definitions ofsleet
1noun
- Pellets of ice made of mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
Synonyms: "ice pellets"
- A mixture of rain and snow.
Synonyms: slush
- A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
Synonyms: "black ice", glaze
- Part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
1verb
- (of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
Example: "I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting."
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