Usage examples
Each cycle adds another layer of ice, until the particles becomes so heavy it drops out of the cloud completely as a hailstone.
New Scientist (2004)The shot ricocheted off the top of a television camera booth, like a baseball-sized hailstone dropping from the sky.
Edmonton Sun (2003)`That hailstone must have been the size of a Ford Transit," the new champion mused.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)