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HAILSTORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hailstorm mean?
• HAILSTORM (noun)
The noun HAILSTORM has 1 sense:
1. a storm during which hail falls
Familiarity information: HAILSTORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A storm during which hail falls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("hailstorm" is a kind of...):
storm; violent storm (a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning)
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