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What is the noun for hailstone?

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hailfall
  1. (meteorology) An instance of hail falling.
  2. (meteorology) The amount of hail that falls on one occasion.
hail
  1. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These kinds of storms can produce rain, hail, snow, thunder and lightning.”
      “Despite being shot in the leg, she drove though a hail of bullets before a colleague took her to hospital.”
      “So, to all those out there who are making it up as they go along, who find spiritual validity in what they do, I give a hearty hail!”
hailer
  1. A person who or a device which calls, summons loudly, or hails.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Dressed in her frillies and armed with a loud hailer, she shouts out her demands to Mike in front of a crowd.”
      “Every now and again the organiser of the operation would yell through a loud hailer for quiet.”
      “The court was told that Javed had used a loud hailer to address around 40 other demonstrators.”
hailstone
  1. A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Heavy rainfall was experienced over a few days and hailstone was also in evidence.”
      “This hailstone is said to have fallen upon the estate of Mr. Moffat of Ord.”
      “The hailstone freezes and melts alternatively when he moves through the cold and hot air.”
hailshot
  1. (obsolete) Small shot that scatters like hailstones.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The surviving gunshields are almost all from the Mary Rose, and the four small cast iron hailshot pieces are the only known examples of this type of weapon.”
hailing
hailstones
  1. plural of hailstone
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I don't think I've ever experienced hailstones and glorious sunshine simultaneously before.”
      “The really big hailstones usually accompany ferocious thunderstorms that produce tornados.”
      “The first thunderclap brought down raindrops and hailstones as big as marbles.”
hailfalls
  1. plural of hailfall
hailings
hailers
  1. plural of hailer
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