snow
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- noun
- /snoʊ/
- UK
- Within a few minutes, we were over the snow-covered peaks of the Brabazon Range.
- deep snow
- blanket of snow
- snow and ice
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- We need to put some fake snow into our snow globe.
- I can only remember seeing this much snow one other time.
- They're associated with ice and snow and are are quite strong.
- And so I used to shovel snow, snow blown, all of that.
- Likewise, he says, it's the nature of snow to be white.
- And so it was kind of groomed snow, but hard packed snow and ice.
- She braved the snow like a true New Yorker.
- You ain't got to be washed white as snow because I didn't get that.
- And then there was a mountain of snow on her driver's seat.
Examples
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'...the same cold front brought heavy snow to the Rockies earlier this week.
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Hey, there are people out there, moving in the snow.
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I can only remember seeing this much snow one other time.
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So we see winter, we see snow, we see ice.
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Has the snow almost gone?
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Would you rather sleep outside, back in the snow?
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Not a lot of snow in Alabama.
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Fields were dusted with snow and roads quickly turned to mud.
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Look out the window! Outdoors, the snow fell thickly and steadily in a harsh wind.
Fiction book (1990) -
After the heavy storm, the children built a snowman in the fresh snow that covered the ground.
Synonyms
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The amount of snow that falls in a place during a period of time
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A large amount of snow falling in a short time that causes problems
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3.4
A short, light fall of snow with brief gusts of wind
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2.8
Snow that has little or no water and does not stick together
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2.7
A short, light fall of snow that starts suddenly
Idioms
- Literature
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8.4
Completely innocent and morally good in actions and thoughts
Compounds
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4.8
A large wild cat with thick pale fur and a long tail that lives in Central Asian mountains
- UK
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2.2
A shape in the snow you make by lying on your back and moving arms and legs like an angel
- Slang
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8.4
A person, often a woman, who enjoys skiing and dresses fashionably for the slopes
- UK
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8.1
Unable to see for a short time because bright light from snow bounces into your eyes
- UK
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7.5
Snow made of small loose grains after melting in daytime and freezing again at night
- Specialized
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9.9
A low plant in woods with three white petals that blooms in early spring
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6.8
A white, jelly-like food often sold dried and used in East Asian soups and desserts
- US
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9.9
A bright red plant with a thick stem that grows in mountain forests while snow remains
- Australian
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8.8
A small Australian or Tasmanian tree with smooth light coloured bark that peels in strips
A North American plant that grows each year with small white flowers and spreads across the ground
- US
A small plant with white waxy flowers and few leaves that grows in western US mountains
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snow comes from a very old German word and is like German Schnee and Dutch sneeuw. It always meant 'frozen white flakes', so the name matches the cold white cover we see on the ground.