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sleet

/sliːt/
noun
mass noun
1 Rain containing some ice, as when snow melts as it falls.
1.1 US A thin coating of ice formed by sleet or rain freezing on coming into contact with a cold surface.
verb
[no object]it sleets", "it is sleeting, etc.
Sleet falls.

Origin
Middle English: of Germanic origin; probably related to Middle Low German
slōten (plural) ‘hail’ and German Schlosse ‘hailstone’.

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Barry prognosticated the precipitation, saying he expected the coast would mainly have sleet and rain. Inland, with lower temperatures, there would be significant snow.

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