hailstone

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail +‎ stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈheɪlstoʊn/ === Noun === hailstone (plural hailstones) A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === antiholes, thiolanes