SLEET


Meaning of SLEET in English

sleet /sliːt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

half-frozen rain that falls when it is very cold:

scattered sleet and snow showers

—sleet verb [intransitive] :

It was sleeting so hard we could barely see for 30 yards.

—sleety adjective

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.