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Snowball

/snˈoʊˌbɔl/
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(noun) A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

The children were rolling a big snowball.
We had a snowball fight.
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