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snow·flake
(snō′flāk′)n.
1. A single flake or crystal of snow.
2. Any of several bulbous perennial plants of the genus Leucojum, native to Europe, having nodding white bell-shaped flowers.
3. A snow bunting.
4. Slang A person who is considered to be overly sensitive or too easily offended, especially as a result of believing himself or herself to be unique or special.
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snowflake
(ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk)n
1. (Physical Geography) one of the mass of small thin delicate arrangements of ice crystals that fall as snow
2. (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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snow•flake
(ˈsnoʊˌfleɪk)n.
1. one of the small crystals, flakes, or masses in which snow falls.
2. any of certain European plants belonging to the genus Leucojum, of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop.
[1725–35]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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. | ![]() bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America genus Plectrophenax, Plectrophenax - snow bunting |
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Translations
نُدْفَةُ الْثَلجِنُدْفَة ثَلْج
снежинка
sněhová vločkavločka sněhu
snefnug
lumihiutale
snježna pahuljica
hópehelyhópihetőzike
snjókorn
ひとひらの雪
눈송이
vločka snehu
snöflinga
เกล็ดหิมะ
bông tuyết
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snow
(snəu) noun frozen water vapour that falls to the ground in soft white flakes. We woke up to find snow on the ground; We were caught in a heavy snow-shower; About 15 centimetres of snow had fallen overnight.
verb to shower down in, or like, flakes of snow. It's snowing heavily.
ˈsnowy adjective1. full of, or producing a lot of, snow. The weather has been very snowy recently.
2. white like snow. the old man's snowy (white) hair.
ˈsnowball noun a ball of snow pressed hard together, especially made by children for throwing, as a game.
ˈsnowboard noun a board on which a person can stand and glide over snow for sport.
ˈsnow-capped adjective (of mountains etc) having tops which are covered with snow. snow-capped peaks.
ˈsnowdrift noun a bank of snow blown together by the wind. There were deep snowdrifts at the side of the road.
ˈsnowfall noun1. a fall or shower of snow that settles on the ground. There was a heavy snowfall last night.
2. the amount of snow that falls in a certain place. The snowfall last year was much higher than average.
ˈsnowflake noun one of the soft, light flakes composed of groups of crystals, in which snow falls. A few large snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
ˈsnowstorm noun a heavy fall of snow especially accompanied by a strong wind.
ˌsnow-ˈwhite adjective white like snow.
snowed under overwhelmed eg with a great deal of work. Last week I was absolutely snowed under with work.
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snowflake
→ نُدْفَةُ الْثَلجِ 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009