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Synonyms for snow

Grammar : Noun
Spell : snoh
Phonetic Transcription : snoÊŠ

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Définition of snow

Origin :
  • Old English snaw "snow, that which falls as snow; a fall of snow; a snowstorm," from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German sneo, Old Frisian and Middle Low German sne, Middle Dutch snee, Dutch sneeuw, German Schnee, Old Norse snjor, Gothic snaiws "snow"), from PIE root *sniegwh- "snow; to snow" (cf. Greek nipha, Latin nix (genitive nivis), Old Irish snechta, Irish sneachd, Welsh nyf, Lithuanian sniegas, Old Prussian snaygis, Old Church Slavonic snegu, Russian snieg', Slovak sneh "snow"). The cognate in Sanskrit, snihyati, came to mean "he gets wet." As slang for "cocaine" it is attested from 1914.
  • noun snowstorm
  • noun frozen vapor
  • noun precipitation
Example sentences :
  • Twelve hours afterward the snow, three feet deep on a level, has melted.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Above, below, the rose of snow, Twined with her blushing foe we spread.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The wind was high, but the sun bright, and the snow thawing.
  • Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
  • Old people have a remembrance of a foot of snow which lasted for a week.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • A combination of crocuses and snow on the ground had given her an inspiration for a gown.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • In winter alike ordinary Mass and these celebrations were stopped by the snow.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • So saying, he thrust his boot into the snow, intending to kick it over the girl.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Mr. Snow told me as gently as he could that the judges had ruled me out entirely.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • As the snow that covered her clothes melted it fell in heavy drops.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • Every day for a week, while the snow lasted, the war was fought at each recess.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

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