snowstorm

CEFRB1

/ˈsnəʊstɔːm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A storm that brings heavy snow and strong winds.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A snow globe.

Examples

  • A heavy snowstorm kept us from going out.

  • The train was held up for two hours on account of the snowstorm.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.

More examples

In context

  • As we made our way down, my eye was caught by a snowstorm—one of those little glass balls, with a baby cottage inside.

  • Dined at Melville Castle, whither I went through a snow-storm.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From earlier snow-storm, snow storm, equivalent to snow + storm. Compare Scots snawstorm (“snowstorm”), Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm (“snowstorm”), West Frisian sniestoarm (“snowstorm”), Dutch sneeuwstorm (“snowstorm”), German Low German Sneestorm (“snowstorm”), German Schneesturm (“snowstorm”), Danish snestorm (“snowstorm”), Swedish snöstorm (“snowstorm”), Icelandic snjóstormur (“snowstorm”). Compare also Middle English storm of snow (“snowstorm”).