According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
sleet
(noun) partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
sleet
(verb) precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; “If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sleet (countable and uncountable, plural sleets)
(chiefly, United States) Pellets of ice made of mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
Synonym: ice pellets
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, New England) A mixture of rain and snow.
Synonym: slush
(rare) A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
Synonyms: black ice, glaze
(firearms) Part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
sleet (third-person singular simple present sleets, present participle sleeting, simple past and past participle sleeted)
(impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sleet, n. (Gun.)
Definition: The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
Sleet, n. Etym: [OE. sleet; akin to MHG. sl, sl hailstone, G. schlosse; of uncertain origin.]
Definition: Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.
Sleet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sleeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeting.]
Definition: To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.