Meaning & use
sleet
Precipitation consisting of a mix of rain and partly frozen ice pellets, falling in cold weather.
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Sleet coated the roads with a thin, slippery layer of ice overnight.
Drivers were warned to slow down as sleet began falling across the region.
A note on using this word
Distinct from hail, which forms in thunderstorms, and from snow, which is fully frozen; sleet is partially melted.
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