Snowstorm

//ˈsnəʊstɔːm// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.

    "Dined at Melville Castle, whither I went through a snow-storm."

  2. 2
    a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds wordnet
  3. 3
    A snow globe.

    "As we made our way down, my eye was caught by a snowstorm—one of those little glass balls, with a baby cottage inside."

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blizzardblizzardavalancheblack spotbloomblooping

Example

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"The train was held up for two hours on account of the snowstorm."

Etymology

From earlier snow-storm, snow storm, equivalent to snow + storm. Compare Scots snawstorm (“snowstorm”), Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm (“snowstorm”), West Frisian sniestoarm (“snowstorm”), Dutch sneeuwstorm (“snowstorm”), German Low German Sneestorm (“snowstorm”), German Schneesturm (“snowstorm”), Danish snestorm (“snowstorm”), Swedish snöstorm (“snowstorm”), Icelandic snjóstormur (“snowstorm”). Compare also Middle English storm of snow (“snowstorm”).

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snow globe

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