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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
Noun
a single crystal of snow
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.snowflakesnowflake - 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.snowflakesnowflake - 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 [ˈsnəufleɪk] n → copo de nieve
snowflake [ˈsnəufleɪk] n → flocon m de neige
snowflake [ˈsnəufleɪk] snow n → Schneeflocke f
snowflake [ˈsnəufleɪk] n → fiocco di neve


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Like a rose-petal, he thought; cool and soft as a snowflake.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
D'Artagnan found him watching the snowflake fluttering of the last scraps in space.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
"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.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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