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Definition of hailstone noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hailstone

noun
 
/ˈheɪlstəʊn/
 
/ˈheɪlstəʊn/
[usually plural]
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  1. a small ball of ice that falls like rain
    • Britain’s biggest recorded hailstone weighed 5 oz.
    • We struggled up the hill in a wind full of dust and hailstones.
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