noun
sleet
sleet
noun
1
A wintry mix of rain and snow, or small pellets of ice formed from partly frozen raindrops.
"Sleet coated the roads in a thin, slippery layer overnight."
"We drove home through freezing sleet that made the highway treacherous."
verb
1
To fall as sleet.
"It sleeted for most of the drive north."
How to Use Sleet
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishIcy, half-frozen precipitation somewhere between rain and snow.
Common pairings
freezing sleet
sleet and snow
Word Forms
sleeted past tense, sleets plural, sleets singular
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Etymology
From Old English roots related to Old Norse slydda, describing a mix of rain and snow.