| Term: | Sleet |
| Definition: | (1) (United States) frozen raindrops that bind on impact with the ground (2) (elsewhere) a mix of rain and snow, a mix of rain and hail, or melting snow. |
| Term: | Sleet |
| Definition: | (PL) - Sleet is defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces. Heavy sleet is a relatively rare event defined as an accumulation of ice pellets covering the ground to a depth of ' or more. |
| Term: | Sleet |
| Definition: | 1. See ice pellets. 2. In British terminology, and colloquially in some parts of the United States, precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow. |
| Term: | Sleet |
| Definition: | See ice pellets. |
| Term: | Sleet |
| Definition: | Depending on the region, precipitation of rain and snow mixed, or rain and hail, or rain and ice pellets, or melting snow, or sudden and briel rainfall with wind and hail. |
| Term: | Sleet |
| Definition: | Generally refers to a mixture of rain and snow or falling snow that is melting into rain. |
| Term: | Sleet |
| Definition: | Precipitation of mixed rain and snow, mixed rain and hail or snow melting as it falls. |