sleet: Meaning and Definition of
sleet
Pronunciation: (slēt), [key]
— n.
- precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail).
- glaze (def. 17).
- a mixture of rain and snow.
—v.i.
- to send down sleet.
- to fall as or like sleet.
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