Sleet

Quick meaning: Sleet is a noun meaning (firearms) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

Meaning

(firearms) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

More Meanings

1. (impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
2. (chiefly US) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
3. (chiefly UK, Ireland, Northeastern US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
4. (rare) A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.

Example Sentences

I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.

Though it never really snows it’s more like horizontal sleet

It was dark, it was cold, it was sleeting - dreadful conditions for driving... perfect conditions for an accident.

Word Forms

• sleets
• sleeting
• sleeted

Synonyms for sleet

Depending on context, synonyms include glaze.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ice, slush, slushy, icestorm, snow, sludge.

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