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- noun meteorology a very large
water ice object that falls from the sky, similar in composition tohailstones
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mega- + cryo- + meteor
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reesetee commented on the word megacryometeor
Also called an ice bomb. Most hailstones are the size of peas and weigh a fraction of an ounce; sometimes they reach the size of baseballs. The largest hailstone on record in the United States weighed in at 27 ounces. In January 2000, during a 10-day period, 15 basketball-sized ice balls weighing up to 8 pounds pelted southern Spain.
September 23, 2007