noun / verb
snow
SNOH/snəʊ/
A fall or accumulation of white ice crystals.
Snow falls around a bare branch and blankets the ground below.
Etymology
Old English snāw named both snow itself and a snowfall or snowstorm. The modern sense preserves its direct reference to the frozen precipitation, rather than developing through a metaphor.
In context
the snow isn't falling from clouds it's been blown there from somewhere else and blown halfway across the continent it has its delicate crystalline edges knocked off and becomes these little microscopic pellets
More examples
- It often snows here in January.
- We shovel the snow off the sidewalk.
- It snowed all night, covering the road.
Forms
snow · snows · snowed · snowing
snowy adjective — Covered with snow or marked by snowfall.
snowfall noun — Snow falling, or the amount that falls.
Similar words
- snowfall
- Snowfall emphasizes snow falling or the amount that falls.
- powder
- Powder is fresh, dry snow with a loose texture.