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snowfall

English

Alternative forms

  • snow-fall

Etymology

snow +? fall

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sno?f??l/

Noun

snowfall (countable and uncountable, plural snowfalls)

  1. An instance of falling of snow.
  2. The amount of snow that falls on one occasion.

Derived terms

  • Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale

Translations

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snowstorm

English

Etymology

From snow +? storm. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm, West Frisian sniestoarm, German Schneesturm, Dutch sneeuwstorm, Swedish snöstorm, Icelandic snjóstormur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sn??st??m/

Noun

snowstorm (plural snowstorms)

  1. Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
  2. A snow globe.
    • 1947, Dornford Yates, The Berry Scene, Ward, Lock & Co., 273:
      As we made our way down, my eye was caught by a snowstorm—one of those little glass balls, with a baby cottage inside.

Synonyms

  • (bad weather): blizzard
  • (snow globe): snowdome, snow globe

Derived terms

  • snowstormy

Translations

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