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Meaning of "hailstone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAILSTONE

hailstone  [ˈheɪlˌstəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAILSTONE

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determiner
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Hailstone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAILSTONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hailstone

Hail

Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from sleet, though the two are often confused for one another. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Sleet falls generally in cold weather while hail growth is greatly inhibited at cold temperatures. Unlike graupel, which is made of rime, and ice pellets, which are smaller and translucent, hailstones consist mostly of water ice and measure between 5 millimetres and 15 centimetres in diameter. The METAR reporting code for hail 5 mm or greater is GR, while smaller hailstones and graupel are coded GS. Hail is possible within most thunderstorms as it is produced by cumulonimbi, and within 2 nautical miles of the parent storm. Hail formation requires environments of strong, upward motion of air with the parent thunderstorm and lowered heights of the freezing level. In the mid-latitudes, hail forms near the interiors of continents, while in the tropics, it tends to be confined to high elevations. There are methods available to detect hail-producing thunderstorms using weather satellites and weather radar imagery.

Definition of hailstone in the English dictionary

The definition of hailstone in the dictionary is a pellet of hail.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAILSTONE


bilestone
ˈbaɪlˌstəʊn
Blackstone
ˈblækˌstəʊn
cobblestone
ˈkɒbəlˌstəʊn
cornerstone
ˈkɔːnəˌstəʊn
eaglestone
ˈiːɡəlˌstəʊn
felstone
ˈfɛlˌstəʊn
firestone
ˈfaɪəˌstəʊn
gallstone
ˈɡɔːlˌstəʊn
gemstone
ˈdʒɛmˌstəʊn
hearthstone
ˈhɑːθˌstəʊn
keystone
ˈkiːˌstəʊn
limestone
ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn
marlstone
ˈmɑːlˌstəʊn
milestone
ˈmaɪlˌstəʊn
millstone
ˈmɪlˌstəʊn
oilstone
ˈɔɪlˌstəʊn
rhinestone
ˈraɪnˌstəʊn
sandstone
ˈsændˌstəʊn
staddlestone
ˈstædəlˌstəʊn
Yellowstone
ˈjɛləʊˌstəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAILSTONE

haik
haiku
hail
Hail Mary
hail-fellow-well-met
Haile Selassie
hailer
Hailsham of St Marylebone
hailshot
hailstorm
Hailwood
haily
hain
hain´t
Hainan
Hainan Tao
Hainault
Hainaut
Haiphong
hair

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAILSTONE

birthstone
bluestone
brownstone
capstone
Ecclestone
Folkestone
Gladstone
gravestone
greystone
histone
kill two birds with one stone
Livingstone
lodestone
Maidstone
moonstone
rolling stone
Rosetta stone
stepping stone
stone
tone
touchstone

Synonyms and antonyms of hailstone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hailstone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAILSTONE

Find out the translation of hailstone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hailstone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hailstone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冰雹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

granizo
570 millions of speakers

English

hailstone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحالوب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

градины
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hailstone
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grêlon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Batu hail
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hagelkorn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あられ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우박
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hailstone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cục mưa đá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆலங்கட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गारपीट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dolu tanesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chicco di grandine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hailstone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

градини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grindină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαλάζι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haelkorrel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hagelkorn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hailstone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hailstone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAILSTONE»

The term «hailstone» is regularly used and occupies the 63.553 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAILSTONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hailstone

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAILSTONE»

Discover the use of hailstone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hailstone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hailstorms and Hailstone Growth
In his calculations, the growth of the hailstone embryo is ignored and its history is followed only after it has attained a diameter of 0.5 cm. Schumann assumed that a hailstone grew spherical by sweeping up all the supercooled water droplets ...
Narayan R. Gokhale, 1975
2
Physical and Dynamical Meteorology
David Brunt. grows rapidly in size and falls through the ascending current, forming a potential centre of a hailstone. If it falls to the levels in which supercooled water drops are present it will from time to time collide with supercooled liquid drops.
David Brunt, 2011
3
Asperger Syndrome Pocketbook
This title helps teachers and support staff to understand the difficulties faced by pupils with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and provides strategies for overcoming the challenges it poses in the classroom.
Ronnie Young, 2009
4
Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation
Assuming that the size and fall velocity of cloud drops can be neglected in comparison to the size and fall velocity of a graupel or hailstone we may write the continuous growth equation of a graupel or hailstone as ,H, (16-40) where, for an  ...
Hans R. Pruppacher, James D. Klett, 1997
5
Think of a Number
It was from pictures of this sort that the name 'hailstone numbers' was derived. The numbers rise and fall in a manner not at all unlike that of growing hailstones in a thundercloud — first caught in a strong up-draft and carried to great heights,  ...
Lines M E, 1990
6
Aerosol Pollution Impact on Precipitation: A Scientific Review
If the updrafts and liquid water contents in deep cumulonimbi are large enough, graupel particles, frozen raindrops and large aggregates can serve as embryos for hailstone formation (Heymsfield et al. 1980). At first the density of graupel ...
Zev Levin, William R. Cotton, 2008
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Great Places: Montana: A Recreational Guide to Montana's ...
Hailstone NWR is part of the Big Lake Complex, a drainage area with Hailstone Lake to the north, Halfbreed Lake in the middle, and Big Lake to the south. When there is water, Hailstone, along with the entire Big Lake Complex, is an important  ...
Chuck Robbins, 2008
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Standard Practice for the Design and Operation of Hail ...
The combination of updrafts and supercooled water concentrations required for hailstone formation is found only in vigorous convective clouds. The severity of hailstorms is affected by many interacting factors, including the static stability of the ...
American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003
9
Mesoscale Meteorology in Midlatitudes
When the updraft is tilted, hailstone fallspeeds can stay matched withthe updraft speed asthe hailstone grows byhaving the hailstone drop progressively closerto the updraft core where vertical motionis the strongest. Ifthe hailstone is ejected ...
Paul Markowski, Yvette Richardson, 2011
10
Fizzics: The Science of Bubbles, Droplets, and Foams
The baby hailstone needs to grow, which it can do in two ways: by collecting small supercooled cloud droplets, which freeze on it instantaneously and form the loose white, roe-like structure of soft hail; or it can sweep up droplets that are just ...
F. Ronald Young, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAILSTONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hailstone is used in the context of the following news items.
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Great Yorkshire Show: LIVE from the dairy rings - News - FG Insight
In reserve was the VG89 (two-year-old) Hailstone Excitation Winsome 2 from Mark and Diane Wilson, Appleby. Calving with it's second calf in ... «FG Insight, Jul 15»
2
Jordan Spieth 'feels he can do things that others haven't done' as …
... a worse go than the everyday American kid, so just appreciate the blessings and don't get caught up in the hailstone of activity around you.'. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
FBI probe clouds Allentown's revitalization - The Morning Call
While its executive director, Sara Hailstone, doubles as the city's director of community and economic development, and the authority meets in ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
4
Column 8: Looking for a pretty safe bet?
"Reading Joan Hailstone's item on Monday, about the contractual (in)capacity of married women," writes Anne Cook, of Lane Cove North, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Way forward unclear for Americus Hotel developer
Allentown Director of Community and Economic Development Sara Hailstone said her office needs a complete project plan before she can ... «WFMZ Allentown, Jul 15»
6
Hail Basin has its moniker for a reason
That storm is what local legend says gave the valley its name: Hailstone Basin. According to a Rapelje old-timer, a June hail storm in the early ... «Prairie Star, Jul 15»
7
Get your fill of the blues at Gas Station music series
The performance is from 7-9 p.m. July 16 at the Hailstone Feed Store (historic Shell station), 232 Front St. N. The series runs every Thursday ... «Issaquah Press, Jul 15»
8
Celebrate the 14th year of ArtWalk
Get your event map at the Hailstone Feed Store, 232 Front St. N., or online at www.downtownissaquah.com. Bookmark and Share. «Issaquah Press, Jul 15»
9
SSM veteran named to head SLU Hospital
Becker also took over as interim president of SSM Cardinal Glennon when Sherilyn Hailstone retired in July 2014. Before joining SSM, Becker ... «St. Louis Business Journal, Jul 15»
10
Shirley Heyen
... Howard Heyen of Shiner, Texas, and Brian Heyen of Wilsonville; five daughters and sons-in-law, Sherlyn and Bill Hailstone of St. Charles, ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»

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