hailstone

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Etymology

From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail +‎ stone. Cognate with Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”).

Noun

hailstone (plural hailstones)

  1. A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation

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