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		|  snow 
  
 
 
 1 snow
 2 when it stops snowing
 3 enjoying the snow
 see also RAIN, ICE, WEATHER
 
 1  snow
 - soft white pieces of frozen rain which fall in winter: snow (noun U); verb: snow
 Children love playing in the snow. ◎ How long has it been snowing? ◎ It doesn't usually snow at this time of year.
 - to come down from the sky: fall*; noun: fall
 Three inches of snow fell in the night. ◎ a heavy fall of snow
 - a piece of falling snow: snowflake
 - a short period of snow: snow shower
 - cold rain which is similar to snow: sleet (noun U); verb: sleet
 - with a lot of snow: snowy
 snowy weather
 - a heavy fall of snow with a strong, cold wind: snowstorm; a bad snowstorm: blizzard
 - a lot of snow pushed by the wind into a particular place: snowdrift
 - a large amount of snow which slides down the side of a hill or mountain: avalanche
 ※ more on storms STORM
 - if you are unable to move from where you are because of the snow, you are snowed in, cut off (by the snow)
 It was a terrible winter - we were snowed in for a week. ◎ Several villages have been cut off by the snow.
 
 2  when it stops snowing
 - (used about snow and ice) to turn to water because it is not freezing any more: melt
 When we got up the snow had already melted.
 - (used about snow or the weather in general) to begin to get warmer so that the snow starts to melt: thaw; noun: thaw
 I think it's beginning to thaw. ◎ an unexpected thaw
 - half-melted wet snow: slush (noun U)
 On the roads the snow was already turning to slush.
 
 3  enjoying the snow
 - to move over snow on long, flat, narrow pieces of wood, metal or plastic (skis) that are fastened to boots: ski; a person who skis: skier
 - a type of flat board, often with metal strips underneath, that people use for travelling downhill on snow for fun: sledge; verb: sledge
 Let's go sledging!
 - a lump of snow that is pressed into the shape of a ball and used by children for playing: snowball
 a snowball fight
 - the figure of a person made out of snow, usually by children: snowman (plural snowmen)
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 - a special lorry which clears the snow from the roads: snowplough (AmE snowplow)
 - special shoes which are worn over normal shoes to help you walk on the snow: snowshoes
 - a special vehicle which can travel over snow: snowmobile
 
 
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