Definition of sleet
: frozen or partly frozen rain
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The snow turned to sleet and made driving very dangerous.
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In 1924, a surprise snowstorm left 9.5 inches of snow and sleet in the city on the first of April.
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Freezing rain is also possible across higher terrain, along with light snow and sleet across the northern parts of the state, forecasters wrote.
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An icy medley of snow, sleet and freezing rain coated metropolitan Philadelphia and much of the Washington, D.C., suburbs, with moderate to heavy snow recorded from northern Maryland to southern New Jersey by mid-afternoon.
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Winter weather advisories remained in effect Thursday from central Texas to northern Michigan with scattered to widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain in the forecast.
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Thunder and lightning are possible in any kind of precipitation, including snow, sleet and freezing rain.
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Schools across the parish had been closed Wednesday and Thursday due to icy roads left over from a wave of snow, sleet and freezing rain that passed over the region late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
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Parts of Alabama could have to deal with a wintry mess of rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain on Friday.
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Feeling a little overwhelmed by terms like sleet and freezing rain?
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Origin and Etymology of sleet
Middle English slete; akin to Middle High German slōz hailstone
Definition of sleet
: to shower sleet
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Imagine being chained 24/7 (in the) blazing heat, freezing ice, or sleeting rain.
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First Known Use of sleet
14th century
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Definition of sleet for English Language Learners
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—used with it to say that sleet is falling
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