hail
hail/hāl/
noun
pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
"rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof"
synonyms: frozen rain, hailstones, sleet, precipitation, hailstorm, hail shower
verb
- hail falls."it hailed so hard we had to stop"synonyms: beat, shower, rain, fall, pour, drop, pelt, pepper, batter, bombard, volley, assail
- (of a large number of objects) fall or be hurled forcefully."missiles and bombs hail down from the sky"
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Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets, though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Ice pellets generally fall in cold weather, while hail... Wikipedia
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