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ice pellets

ice pellets noun: small hail, generally less than 5 mm (0.2 in) in diameter. Also the plural of ice pellet.

Noun

ice pellets

  1. Small hail, generally less than 5 mm (0.2 in) in diameter.
  2. (Canada, US) Sleet.

Also used as

ice pellets is also the plural of ice pellet.

Questions about ice pellets

What does ice pellets mean?
Ice pellets means small hail, generally less than 5 mm (0.2 in) in diameter.
What part of speech is ice pellets?
Ice pellets is a noun.

Words near ice pellets in the dictionary

  1. ice packs
  2. ice palace
  3. ice palaces
  4. ice pancake
  5. ice pellet
  6. ice pellets
  7. ice perries
  8. ice perry
  9. ice pick
  10. ice picks
  11. ice pillar

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