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snowflake

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snow·flake  (snflk)
n.
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]
n
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.snowflakesnowflake - a crystal of snow                    
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.snowflakesnowflake - white Arctic bunting                
bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
Translations
snowflake [ˈsnəʊfleɪk] Ncopo m de nieve

snowflake [ˈsnəʊfleɪk] nflocon m de neige

snowflake [ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk] nfiocco di neve
snowflake [ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk] nfiocco 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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Like a rose-petal, he thought; cool and soft as a snowflake.
D'Artagnan found him watching the snowflake fluttering of the last scraps in space.
"Turn her into something that does not mind the cold," seemed a good suggestion of the doctor's, but the only thing they could think of that does not mind cold was a snowflake.
 
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