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snow

noun; also a verb · /snoh/

Snow is soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall from clouds when it is very cold. To snow means for snow to fall from the sky.

In a sentence

  • "Maya caught a tiny snowflake on her mitten before it melted."
  • "If it snows tonight, we might build a snowman in the morning."

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Dictionary definition · Snow

noun

  1. English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
  2. precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
  3. a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
  4. street names for cocaine

verb

  1. fall as snow"It was snowing all night"
  2. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end"He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

Similar words

Baron Snow of LeicesterC. P. SnowCharles Percy Snowsnowfallbamboozlehoodwinklead by the noseplay falsepull the wool over someone's eyesC

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).