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View synonyms for hailstone

hailstone

[ heyl-stohn ]

noun

  1. a pellet of hail.


hailstone

/ ˈheɪlˌstəʊn /

noun

  1. a pellet of hail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • hailstoned adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hailstone1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hagolstān. See hail 2, stone
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Example Sentences

On Monday night, hailstones piled up in doorways, making it impossible to open them and creating dams that pushed rainwater into buildings, he said.

All sound like the stuff of fun games — except when they are used to describe the size of the hailstones that often accompany severe thunderstorms.

He posted photos on X showing one home with its roof torn off and another missing roof shingles, as well as an image of a baseball-sized hailstone.

He posted photos on X, formerly Twitter, showing one home with its roof torn off and another with roof shingles and himself holding a baseball-sized hailstone.

Large hailstones were seen covering roads in the United Arab Emirates, after a rare hailstorm struck the region.

From BBC

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