Sleet

Definitions

1. Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
   US, countable, uncountable
2. Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
   Ireland, Northeastern, UK, US, countable, uncountable
3. A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
   countable, rare, uncountable
4. The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Though it never really snows it’s more like⟳ horizontal sleet”

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