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ICE NEEDLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small crystals of ice
Synonyms:
diamond dust; frost mist; frost snow; ice crystal; ice needle; poudrin; snow mist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("ice needle" is a kind of...):
crystal (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)
Meronyms (substance of "ice needle"):
H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
Holonyms ("ice needle" is a part of...):
downfall; precipitation (the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist))
