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• snow — snow1 W3S3 [snəu US snou] n [: Old English; Origin: snaw] 1.) [U] soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground →↑sleet ▪ Snow was falling heavily as we entered the village. ▪ I could see footprints …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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• snow — snowless, adj. snowlike, adj. /snoh/, n. 1. Meteorol. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the… …   Universalium

• Snow — /snoh/, n. Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow), 1905 80, English novelist and scientist. [1665 75] * * * I Solid form of water that crystallizes in the atmosphere and falls to the Earth, covering about 23% of the Earth s surface either permanently or… …   Universalium

• Snow Advisory — A Snow Advisory is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when a low pressure system produces snow that may cause significant disruption , but does not meet warning criteria. The advisory criteria varies from area to area.… …   Wikipedia

• snow — 1 noun 1 (U) water frozen into soft white flakes (=pieces) that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground: mountain peak covered with snow | roads blocked by deep snow | melting snow 2 (C) a period of time in which snow falls: one of …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• snow — I UK [snəʊ] / US [snoʊ] noun Word forms snow : singular snow plural snows *** 1) [uncountable] small soft white pieces of ice that fall from the sky and cover the ground Two to three inches of snow is predicted for tonight. The path was hidden… …   English dictionary

• snow — snow1 [ snou ] noun *** 1. ) uncount small soft white pieces of ice that fall from the sky and cover the ground: The path was hidden under a blanket of snow. 2. ) snows plural the snow that falls over a period of time: The first snows of winter… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• snow*/*/ — [snəʊ] noun I 1) [U] small soft white pieces of ice that fall from the sky and cover the ground The path was hidden under a blanket of snow.[/ex] Three inches of snow fell overnight.[/ex] 2) snows [plural] the snow that falls over a period of… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• snow — [[t]sno͟ʊ[/t]] ♦♦♦ snows, snowing, snowed 1) N UNCOUNT Snow consists of a lot of soft white bits of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather. In Mid Wales six inches of snow blocked roads... They tramped through the falling snow. 2) N… …   English dictionary