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snow

/snəʊ/noun

Soft white flakes of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground.

Example sentences

  • “The kids built a snowman as soon as the snow stopped.”
  • “Heavy snow closed the mountain roads overnight.”
  • “Fresh snow crunched under our boots.”

Usually uncountable: 'a lot of snow', not 'many snows'. Snow 'falls' or 'melts', and a period of it is 'a snowfall' or 'a snowstorm'.

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