snow
1 snow
2 when it stops snowing
3 enjoying the snow
see also RAIN, ICE, WEATHER
1 snow
- soft white pieces of frozen rain which fall in winter: snow (noun U); verb: snow
Children love playing in the snow. ◎ How long has it been snowing? ◎ It doesn't usually snow at this time of year.
- to come down from the sky: fall*; noun: fall
Three inches of snow fell in the night. ◎ a heavy fall of snow
- a piece of falling snow: snowflake
- a short period of snow: snow shower
- cold rain which is similar to snow: sleet (noun U); verb: sleet
- with a lot of snow: snowy
snowy weather
- a heavy fall of snow with a strong, cold wind: snowstorm; a bad snowstorm: blizzard
- a lot of snow pushed by the wind into a particular place: snowdrift
- a large amount of snow which slides down the side of a hill or mountain: avalanche
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- if you are unable to move from where you are because of the snow, you are snowed in, cut off (by the snow)
It was a terrible winter - we were snowed in for a week. ◎ Several villages have been cut off by the snow.
2 when it stops snowing
- (used about snow and ice) to turn to water because it is not freezing any more: melt
When we got up the snow had already melted.
- (used about snow or the weather in general) to begin to get warmer so that the snow starts to melt: thaw; noun: thaw
I think it's beginning to thaw. ◎ an unexpected thaw
- half-melted wet snow: slush (noun U)
On the roads the snow was already turning to slush.
3 enjoying the snow
- to move over snow on long, flat, narrow pieces of wood, metal or plastic (skis) that are fastened to boots: ski; a person who skis: skier
- a type of flat board, often with metal strips underneath, that people use for travelling downhill on snow for fun: sledge; verb: sledge
Let's go sledging!
- a lump of snow that is pressed into the shape of a ball and used by children for playing: snowball
a snowball fight
- the figure of a person made out of snow, usually by children: snowman (plural snowmen)
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- a special lorry which clears the snow from the roads: snowplough (AmE snowplow)
- special shoes which are worn over normal shoes to help you walk on the snow: snowshoes
- a special vehicle which can travel over snow: snowmobile
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