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sleet
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1sleet

noun \ˈslēt\

Definition of SLEET

: frozen or partly frozen rain
— sleety \ˈslē-tē\ adjective
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Examples of SLEET

  1. The snow turned to sleet and made driving very dangerous.

Origin of SLEET

Middle English slete; akin to Middle High German slōz hailstone
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with SLEET

beat, beet, bleat, cheat, cleat, Crete, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat, gleet, greet, heat, lied, meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, pleat, seat, sheet, skeet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat

2sleet

intransitive verb

Definition of SLEET

: to shower sleet

First Known Use of SLEET

14th century

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