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snow

Syllabification: (snow)

Pronunciation: /snō/

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Definition of snow

noun

1atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer:we were trudging through deep snow the first snow of the season

2something that resembles snow in color or texture, in particular.
a mass of flickering white spots on a television or radar screen, caused by interference or a poor signal.
informal cocaine.
a dessert or other dish resembling snow:vanilla snow
[with modifier] a frozen gas resembling snow:carbon dioxide snow

verb

1 [no object] (it snows, it is snowing, etc.) snow falls:it’s not snowing so heavily now
(be snowed in) be confined or blocked by a large quantity of snow:I was snowed in for a week

2 [with object] North American informal mislead or charm (someone) with elaborate and insincere words:they would snow the public into believing that all was well

Phrasal Verbs

be snowed under: be overwhelmed with a large quantity of something, especially work:he’s been snowed under with urgent cases

Derivatives

snowless
snowlike

Origin:

Old English snāw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sneeuw and German Schnee, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin nix, niv- and Greek nipha

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snow

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verb

Phrasal Verbs

be snowed under

Derivatives

snowless

snowlike

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