graupel

(gro̵upəl)

noun

Meteorol. a kind of precipitation consisting of brittle, white ice particles having a snowlike structure; soft hail

Origin: Ger < graupeln, to sleet < graupelein, dim. of graupe, hulled barley, granule of ice < Slav, as in Pol, Serb krupa, kernel of grain, hail < IE *kreup-, scab, fragment (> ON hrufa, scale) < base *kreu-, to break > rue

See graupel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: German Graupel

Origin: , diminutive of Graupe, hulled grain

Origin: , probably of Slavic origin

Origin: ; akin to Russian krupa, groats

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