hailstone

Noun
US[heyl-stohn]/ˈheɪlˌstoʊn/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstormType of ice, water icePart of hail
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Hail′stone′ (-stōn′), noun

A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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