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sleet
/sliːt/
noun 4verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
horizontal
VERB + SLEET
like, shivered, snow, walk
SLEET + NOUN
hail, thunder
PREP.
from, into, through, without
Definitions
noun
1
Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
2
Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
Though it never really snows it’s more like horizontal sleet
3
A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
4
The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
verb
1
To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.
It was dark, it was cold, it was sleeting - dreadful conditions for driving... perfect conditions for an accident.
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Example Bank
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Though it never really snows it’s more like horizontal sleet
Wiktionary02
I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.
Wiktionary03
It was dark, it was cold, it was sleeting - dreadful conditions for driving... perfect conditions for an accident.
Wiktionary04
In a far retreat / there lies a haven; towards the deep doth stand / an island, on whose jutting headlands beat / the broken billows, shivered into sleet.
Tatoeba · #678372405
Sleet is falling.
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It's not much fun to walk through sleet without even a warm jacket.
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