snow angel
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2.2
- noun
- /snoʊ ˈeɪndʒəl/
- UK
:
ángel de nieve
- She was making a snow angel.
- make snow angels
- outside and make snow angels
Examples
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Do you want to come outside and make snow angels with me?
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Hey, you know, the problem with making snow angels is that you can never make an absolutely perfect one.
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I like our new one that has the girl making a snow angel.
Blog text (26) -
"Make a snow angel with me."
Fiction book (2002) -
"Are you going to make snow angels?"
Fiction book (1997) -
Channel your inner 10-year-old and head outside for a snowball fight and snow angels.
Blog text (26) -
He reaches the spot to find Lauren in the snow, waving her arms and legs to make a snow angel.
Fiction book (2000) -
Outside, the crow girls are lying on their backs, making snow angels on his lawn, scissoring their arms and legs, shaping skirts and wings.
Fiction book (1997) -
You know when you're making a snow angel, and you wanna make it perfect, but you can't because there's always that handprint you make when you climb out?
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In the snow, I can make snow angels with my body.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'snow angel' is compositionally transparent: combining 'snow' and 'angel' directly denotes an angel-shaped figure in the snow. A B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it refers to the angel-like impression made in snow by moving the arms and legs while lying on one's back.
Etymology
Snow angel comes from lying on fresh snow and moving your arms and legs out and in to make a mark that looks like an angel. That's why it means 'a shape made in the snow'.