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noun
Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A snow globe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blizzard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: storm, violent storm
History
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”).
Across languages
122 source translations are retained for this English entry.
