hail

/heɪl/noun

Small balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain, often during thunderstorms.

Example sentence

“The hail dented several cars parked on the street.”

The verb senses are busier than the weather: you hail a taxi, hail an achievement as a triumph, and hail from your hometown. 'Within hailing distance' means close enough to shout.

nature

Related words

drizzleTo rain in very small, light drops.tideThe regular rise and fall of the sea each day, driven by the pull of the moon and the sun.windyHaving a lot of wind.prairieA vast, mostly treeless plain covered in grass, particularly the flatlands of North America.pondA body of still water, natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake.canyonA deep, narrow valley with steep sides, carved through rock by a river.