snow

CEFRA1

/snəʊ̯/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Soft white ice that falls from the sky.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.

Examples

  • Judging from the look of the sky, it is going to snow.

  • Judging from the look of the sky, we may have snow tomorrow.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /snou̯/
  • /snoʊ̯/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An instance of the falling of snow (etymology 1, noun sense 1); a snowfall; also, a snowstorm.

  2. A period of time when snow falls; a winter.

  3. An accumulation or spread of snow.

More examples

In context

  • Snowdon and the mountains beyond were covered in snow.

  • We have had several heavy snows this year.

  • apple snow lemon snow

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

The noun is derived from Middle English snaw, snou, snow (“snow; accumulation of snow; snowfall; snowstorm; whiteness”), from Old English snāw (“snow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw (“snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”), from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). The verb is derived from Middle English snouen (“to snow; (figurative) to shower”), from snou, snow (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Displaced Old English snīwan, whence English snew (obsolete). Verb etymology 1, verb sense 2.3.2 (“to convince or hoodwink (someone)”) probably refers to a person being blinded or confused by a snowstorm. The adjective comes...