snowfall

CEFRB2

/ˈsnoʊfɔːl/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The amount of snow that falls during a period.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The amount of snow that falls on one occasion.

Examples

  • The heavy snowfall prevented our train from leaving on time.

  • The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An instance of falling of snow.

More examples

In context

  • London recorded a snowfall of 10 centimetres last night.

  • There has been snowfall every day this week.

Quick test

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Origin

noun

From snow + fall.