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Sleet

/slˈit/
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(noun) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.

It's not much fun to walk through sleet without even a warm jacket.
Sleet was falling from the sky.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The rain turned into ____ as the temperature dropped, making the sidewalks very slippery for walkers.

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