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SNOWFLAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
White Arctic bunting
Synonyms:
Plectrophenax nivalis; snow bunting; snowbird; snowflake
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("snowflake" is a kind of...):
bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)
Holonyms ("snowflake" is a member of...):
genus Plectrophenax; Plectrophenax (snow bunting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A crystal of snow
Synonyms:
flake; snowflake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("snowflake" is a kind of...):
crystal (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)
Meronyms (substance of "snowflake"):
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 ("snowflake" is a part of...):
snow; snowfall (precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals)
Holonyms ("snowflake" is a substance of...):
snow (a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground)
