snow

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /snəʊ/, SAMPA: /sn@U/
• (US) enPR: snō, IPA ^(key): /snoʊ/, SAMPA: /sn@U/

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Noun

Singular snow

Plural snows

Snow on some trees

1. (uncountable) Snow is precipitation (falling water) that is white and frozen.

   I like to ski on the snow.

2. (countable) A snow is a time when snow falls from the sky.

   The snows of winter will soon come.

3. (uncountable) A shade of the color white.

Related words

• snowball
• snowboard
• snowdrift
• snowfall
• snowflake
• snowman
• snowshoe

Verb

Plain form snow

Third-person singular snows

Past tense snowed

Past participle snowed

Present participle snowing

1. If it is snowing, snow is coming down from the sky.

   It snowed last night and everything is white now.

Related words

• snowed in