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SNOWFALL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

Synonyms:

snow; snowfall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("snowfall" is a kind of...):

downfall; precipitation (the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist))

Meronyms (parts of "snowfall"):

flake; snowflake (a crystal of snow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snowfall"):

flurry; snow flurry (a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that))

whiteout (an arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds)

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