ice pellets

ice pellets
Meteorol.
precipitation consisting of particles of ice less than 0.2 in. (5 mm) in diameter, occurring either as frozen raindrops or as small hailstones.
Cf. hail2 (def. 1), sleet, snow pellets.

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