Friday Words: Fulminate, Strand, Graupel, and Snag

[med_cat]

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Fulminate: to explode like lightning

(Example: there are illnesses that are said to have a fulminant course)

Strand: the shore of a sea or lake

("By the sea-strand, a green oak stands, and a gold chain is on that oak; A learned cat is on that chain and keeps walking around the oak, day and night...")

Graupel: granular snow pellets

Snag: a dead tree

Comments

[loganberrybunny]

I see "graupel" a fair bit, but that's largely because I'm interested enough in weather aha meteorology to be active on a discussion forum for it. We do get the stuff here (west-central England) occasionally, but it's not very common.

[med_cat]

Interesting, thank you

[sallymn]

Such good words... :)

[med_cat]

Glad you liked them :) His illustrations are amazing