ice needles
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of ice needles
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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This is because ice needles have formed, pushing the soil upwards, and the pressure of a footstep crushes them down again.
From The Guardian
It is supplied by thawing ice needles and gravity.
From Scientific American
The punt followed the canals, cut at right angles; progress was slow, impeded by ice needles, that formed by the cold clustered on the sedges of the bank.
From Project Gutenberg
The finest glittering ice needles often fill the air, even on clear days, and in calm weather, and gradually descending to the surface, slowly add to the depth of snow on the ground.
From Project Gutenberg
All it had for us was a few granules, first-form crystals consisting of the tiniest crossed ice needles ground out of shape by the pressure between the opposing forces of the air.
From Project Gutenberg
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