Hailstone
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
- 2 small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm wordnet
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"She saw a hailstone the size of a golfball."
Etymology
From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail + stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”).
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