snow
verb (WEATHER) /snəʊ/
/snoʊ/ Definition
A2 [I] If it snows, snow falls from the sky: It's snowing. It's starting to snow. It had snowed overnight and a thick white layer covered the ground.Snow and iceCold be snowed in C2 to be unable to travel away from a place because of very heavy snow: We were snowed in for four days last winter.Snow and iceCold
(Definition of snow verb (WEATHER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- drift noun (MOVEMENT)
- frost verb (COLD)
- frosty adjective
- frozen adjective
- frozen verb
- glaciated adjective
- glaciation noun
- hoarfrost noun
- ice cap noun
- icicle noun
- mogul noun (SNOW)
- permafrost noun
- sleet noun
- slushy adjective (SNOW)
- snow line noun
- snowfall noun
- snowman noun
- snowstorm noun
- snowy adjective
- sprinkle noun
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