Leets vs Sleets - What's the difference?
leets | sleets |
(sleet)
(chiefly, UK, Ireland) A mixture of rain and snow.
Rain which freezes before reaching the ground.
(firearms) Part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
(impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
As a noun leets
is plural of lang=en.As a verb sleets is
third-person singular of sleet.sleets
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * ----sleet
English
Noun
(-)Synonyms
* ice pellets * slushSee also
* snow * freezing rain * graupelVerb
(en verb)- I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting .
Usage notes
References
*AMS Glossary of Meteorology