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ice needles

plural noun

, Meteorology.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ice needles1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

To-night it was darned across with ice needles, and the silver 'cat-ice' round the edge crackled under Cuni's paws.

While she was still thinking, the first ice-needles of the blizzard came peppering the windows.

The moisture of the air forms long ice needles on the inside of the roof.

It was as if ice needles pricked his skin through his beautiful thick fur, but he never faltered and never once cried.

And the February chill of the river cut into him like a million ice-needles.

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