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snowstorm

[ snoh-stawrm ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌstɔrm /

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noun

a storm accompanied by a heavy fall of snow.

Origin of snowstorm

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75; snow + storm

Words nearby snowstorm

snowshoe, snowshoe cat, snowshoe hare, snowshoe hare virus, snowslide, snowstorm, snowsuit, snowtubing, snowy, snowy egret, snowy mountain

Example sentences from the Web for snowstorm

And after that when, driving in the middle of the night and in a snowstorm, he swerves to avoid a sudden figure in the road.

Why No Oscar Love For 'Inside Llewyn Davis'? |Tim Teeman |January 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When snowstorm Nemo hit New York Fashion Week, Uggs were spotted on the feet of fashion trendsetters.

Have Ugg Boots Made a Tepid Return to Fashion? |Misty White Sidell |February 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Gillespie described the view as “like driving along a mountain hillside in winter, in a snowstorm, at night.”

Amelia Earhart: New Documentary Searches Underwater for Pilot and Her Plane |Jane Mendelsohn |August 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
When you were all so glad on account of this first snowstorm of the winter, did you stop to think that the snow comes from God?

With the Children on Sunday |Sylvanus Stall

After the snowstorm the sky suddenly cleared, and at noon I saw the sun's lower rim touching the horizon.

The Land of the Long Night |Paul du Chaillu
The aerial was there, towering as serenely against the slaty sky as though there was no such thing as a snowstorm.

The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass |Allen Chapman
Then they looked into each other's eyes, and together they walked out into the snowstorm to die.

Modern Icelandic Plays |Jhann Sigurjnsson
He had barely entered when a snowstorm came up, which raged for two days and nights.

Christ Legends |Selma Lagerlf

British Dictionary definitions for snowstorm

snowstorm

/ (ˈsnəʊˌstɔːm) /

noun

a storm with heavy snow