Snow flake

snow·flake (sn

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1. A single flake or crystal of snow.

2. Any of several bulbous European herbs of the genus Leucojum, having white or whitish flowers and fleshy fruit.

3. See snow bunting.

snowflake [ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk]

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) one of the mass of small thin delicate arrangements of ice crystals that fall as snow

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various European amaryllidaceous plants of the genus Leucojum, such as L. vernum (spring snowflake), that have white nodding bell-shaped flowers

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Noun	1.	snowflake - a crystal of snow flake snow, snowfall - precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent crystal - a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure snow - a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
	2.	snowflake - white Arctic bunting Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowbird bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America genus Plectrophenax, Plectrophenax - snow bunting

Translations

snowflake [ˈsnəʊfleɪk] N → copo m de nieve

snowflake [ˈsnəʊfleɪk] n → flocon m de neige

snowflake [ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk] n → fiocco di neve

snowflake → كتلة ثلج رقيقة sněhová vločka snefnug Schneeflocke χιονονιφάδα copo de nieve lumihiutale flocon de neige snježna pahuljica fiocco di neve ひとひらの雪 눈송이 sneeuwvlokje snøfnugg płatek śniegu floco de neve снежинка snöflinga เกล็ดหิมะ kar tanesi bông tuyết 雪花

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There were snow flakes, snow leopards, penguins and walruses floating, prowling and wobbling along the roads.

Santa Claus is coming to town; Festive fun for families by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

The heat, which has been a factor the past two years, is not expected to play a role this year as weather forecasters are calling for chilly temperatures and even an outside chance of some snow flakes.

Athletics: Wanjiru to face tough field in Chicago Marathon by AFP / AFP Global Edition

SKI FILM FRIDAY With snow flakes already falling in the Cascades, this week's screening of the Telemark ski film "Flakes" is timely.

Buzzworthy by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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