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snow
verbs
snow falls
• Outside in the dark, snow was falling silently.
snow settles
(= stays on the ground )
• The snow was beginning to settle.
snow drifts
(= is blown into deep piles )
• The snow had drifted up against the hedge.
snow covers/blankets something
• The ground was covered with snow.
snow melts
(= turns to water )
• The snow has melted and the ground is bare once more.
adjectives
deep
• The snow was quite deep in places.
heavy
(= when a lot of snow falls )
• France has been expecting heavy snow all week.
fresh
• I had watched the tracks I’d made disappear under fresh snow.
powdery
• The powdery snow flies up as I walk through it.
wet snow
• He cleared the wet snow from the car windscreen.
light snow
(= when only a small amount falls )
• A light snow had begun to fall.
driving snow
(= falling fast )
• We walked home through driving snow.
swirling snow
(= blowing around as it falls )
• It was difficult to see in the swirling snow.
phrases
several inches/feet of snow
• More than eight inches of snow fell in 48 hours.
a blanket/carpet of snow
• Within an hour, Bucharest was buried under a blanket of snow.
flakes of snow
(= individual pieces of snow )
• A few flakes of snow started to fall.
a fall of snow
(= an occasion when it snows )
• We had our first fall of snow in mid-November.
a drift of snow
(= snow blown into a pile by the wind )
• Sheep became buried in six-foot drifts of snow.
transnet.ir
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snow
noun [ uncountable ] soft white frozen water that falls from the sky:
• The ground was covered with deep snow. • Snow began to fall.
snowflakes
noun [ plural ] pieces of snow falling from the sky:
• The first snowflakes fluttered down between the trees.
sleet
noun [ uncountable ] a mixture of snow and rain:
• The snow turned to sleet and then rain.
slush
noun [ uncountable ] snow on the road that has partly melted and is very wet:
• I made my way through the dirty slush.
blizzard
noun [ countable ] a storm with a lot of snow and a strong wind:
• We got caught in a blizzard on our way to school.
frost
noun [ uncountable ] white powder that covers the ground when it is cold:
• Frost can kill delicate plants.
hail/hailstones
noun [ U, plural ] drops of rain that fall as ice:
• Hail bounced on the tiled roof. • He heard a strange sound, like hailstones striking glass.
a white Christmas
a Christmas when there is snow:
• Do you think there will be a white Christmas this year?
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun ADJ. heavy, thick | fine, light The plants were covered in fine snow. | deep | damp, wet | compacted, crisp, frozen, hard, packed The crisp snow crunched as we walked through it. The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on. | powder/powdery, soft | drifting, driving, falling, swirling They struggled on through the driving snow. | melted, melting | fresh, new, newly fallen | first the first snow of winter | spring, winter | artificial They had to use artificial snow at the Winter Olympics. | dirty QUANT. flake | fall, flurry | patch | blanket, carpet | inch Three inches of snow fell had fallen. VERB + SNOW be covered in The car was completely covered in snow. | clear, shovel, sweep She cleared the snow from the path. SNOW + VERB cover sth, lie, pile (up), settle Snow covered everything from horizon to horizon. Snow had piled up against the walls of the cottage. It was too warm for the snow to settle. | drift, drive, fall, swirl | melt, thaw SNOW + NOUN conditions, flurry, storm (also snowstorm) | plough (also snowplough) | blindness PREP. across ~ They travelled across the snow in a sleigh. | in/into ~ The children are playing in the snow. | through ~ We struggled through the deep snow back to the chalet. | under ~ The steps were buried under the snow., verb ADV. hard, heavily It had been snowing heavily all night. | lightly PHRASES start/stop snowing It started snowing just as we were setting out.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary