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hail

 
 
/heɪl/ noun

Translation

[U] small, hard pieces of frozen rain that fall from the sky
(hava durumu) dolu halinde yağmak
1510
a hail of bullets/stones/bottles, etc a lot of bullets/stones/bottles, etc that are fired or thrown at the same time
kurşun/taş/şişe yağmuru/sağanağı
1812
(Definition of hail noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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