snow (noun)

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• snow — ► NOUN 1) atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer. 2) (snows) falls of snow. 3) a mass of flickering white spots on a television or radar screen, caused by… …   English terms dictionary

• snow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy, thick ▪ fine, light ▪ The plants were covered in fine snow. ▪ deep ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• snow day — a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow. * * * noun, pl ⋯ days [count] US : a day when schools and businesses are closed because a lot of snow is falling …   Useful english dictionary

• snow job — noun a long and elaborate misrepresentation • Hypernyms: ↑misrepresentation, ↑deceit, ↑deception * * * noun slang : a long involved effort at persuasion or deception with a vast amount of information or fictitious exploits he didn t talk much no… …   Useful english dictionary

• snow tire — noun an automobile pneumatic tire with deep tread to give traction in snow • Hypernyms: ↑pneumatic tire, ↑pneumatic tyre * * * noun : an automotive tire with a tread designed to give added traction on snow or ice * * * an automobile tire with a… …   Useful english dictionary

• snow plant — noun a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground • Syn: ↑Sarcodes sanguinea • Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower • Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcodes, ↑genus …   Useful english dictionary

• snow chains — plural noun Tyre chains • • • Main Entry: ↑snow * * * snow chains UK US noun [plural] chains that you fit over the tyres on a car so that you can drive safely over snow Thesaurus: tyres and wheels and their partshyponym * * * plura …   Useful english dictionary

• snow line — noun the line on a mountain above which there is perpetual snow and ice • Hypernyms: ↑line * * * noun 1. : the lower margin of a perennial snowfield : the elevation above which some snow remains throughout the year 2. : the extreme limit from the …   Useful english dictionary

• snow cannon — see ↑snow gun below. • • • Main Entry: ↑snow snow gun or snow cannon noun A device for spreading artificial snow on ski slopes • • • Main Entry: ↑snow * * * ˈsnow cannon 7 [snow cannon …   Useful english dictionary

• snow gun — or snow cannon noun A device for spreading artificial snow on ski slopes • • • Main Entry: ↑snow * * * n. a machine that makes artificial snow and blows it onto ski slopes * * * ˈsnow gun 7 [snow gun] (BrE also …   Useful english dictionary

• snow blindness — noun : inflammation and photophobia caused by exposure of the unprotected eyes to ultraviolet rays reflected from fields of snow or ice suffering the excruciating agony of snow blindness after two weeks of futile searching in the empty plains… …   Useful english dictionary