snow

English

/snəʊ/, /snoʊ/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.
  • (uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.
  • (countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.
  • (uncountable) A shade of the color white.
  • (uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.
  • (uncountable) Cocaine.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English snow inherited from Old English snāw (snow) inherited from *snaiw inherited from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (snow) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (snow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*snóygʷʰos

Gloss

snow

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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