hailstone
A single ball of hail, or solid precipitationA single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
» Tom was hit by a huge hailstone.
Meaning
1 sensesA single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
Hagelkorn
гра́динаgrádina
гради́наhradýna
- small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm
Examples
4 sentencesTom was hit by a huge hailstone.
The hailstones were as big as tennis balls.
deDie Hagelkörner waren groß wie Tennisbälle.
She saw a hailstone the size of a golfball.
Hailstones the size of golf balls wreaked havoc on the city overnight.
deHagelkörner, groß wie Golfbälle, haben über Nacht für Verwüstung in der Stadt gesorgt.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstānFrom 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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Forms
plural: hailstones| Singular | hailstone |
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