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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: snow - snowmaker</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="snow"> snow, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. frozen water vapor in the form of crystals that fall to earth in soft, white flakes and usually spread upon it as a white layer. Snow falls in winter. Ex. To watch his woods fill up with snow (Robert Frost). <DD> 2. a fall of snow. Ex. There was a heavy snow early in December. <DD> 3. (Archaic.) pure whiteness. <DD> 4. something resembling or suggesting snow, such as the white hair of old age. <DD> 5. (Chemistry.) any one of various substances having a snowlike appearance. Ex. carbon-dioxide snow. <DD> 6. a pattern of dots on a television screen caused by atmospheric interference with the signal. <DD> 7. (Slang.) cocaine or heroin. <DD>v.i. 1. to fall as snow. Ex. to snow all day. <DD> 2. to come down like snow. <DD>v.t. 1. to let fall or scatter as snow. <DD> 2. to cover, block up, or otherwise obscure or obstruct, with snow, or as if with snow. <DD> 3. (U.S. Slang.) to deceive by artful talk. expr. snow in, to shut in by snow. Ex. The village was snowed in for a whole week after the blizzard. expr. snow in, to shut in by snow. Ex. The village was snowed in for a whole week after the blizzard. expr. snow under, <DD> a. to cover with snow. Ex. The sidewalks and streets were snowed under by the storm. <DD> b. (Informal, Figurative.) to overwhelm. Ex. He is snowed under with work. By margins of more than 3-1, Parliament snowed under motions of nonconfidence (Wall Street Journal). adj. snowlike. </DL> <A NAME="snowapple"> snow apple,<DL COMPACT><DD> a red winter apple with very white flesh; Fameuse. </DL> <A NAME="snowball"> snowball, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a ball made of snow pressed together. <DD> 2. a shrub with white flowers in large clusters like balls, especially the guelder-rose. It is a species of viburnum and belongs to the honeysuckle family. <DD>v.t. to throw balls of snow at. Ex. The children snowballed each other. <DD>v.i. 1. to increase rapidly by additions like a rolling snowball. Ex. African nationalism and the drive for self-government are snowballing (Atlantic). <DD> 2. to throw snowballs. </DL> <A NAME="snowbank"> snowbank, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large mass or drift of snow, especially at the side of a road. </DL> <A NAME="snowbell"> snowbell, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of shrubs or small trees grown for their white flowers; storax. </DL> <A NAME="snowbelt"> snowbelt, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a region of heavy snowfall. <DD> 1. Snowbelt, (U.S.) <DD> a. The northern region of the United States extending from east to west that regularly has snowfall in colder seasons. <DD> b. =Frost Belt (def. 1). Ex. Economic issues ... increasingly are dividing the people and regions of the United States, particularly the Sunbelt and the Snowbelt (B. Drummond Ayres, Jr.). </DL> <A NAME="snowberry"> snowberry, noun, pl. -ries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a North American shrub of the honeysuckle family, with pink flowers and clusters of white berries. Its berries mature in the fall and last through the winter. <DD> 2. the berry. <DD> 3. any one of various other plants with white berries. </DL> <A NAME="snowbird"> snowbird, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =slate-colored junco. <DD> 2. =snow bunting. <DD> 3. (U.S. Slang.) a person addicted to the use of heroin or cocaine. </DL> <A NAME="snowblind"> snow-blind, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected with snow blindness. </DL> <A NAME="snowblindness"> snow blindness,<DL COMPACT><DD> temporary or partial blindness from the reflection of sunlight off snow or ice. </DL> <A NAME="snowblink"> snowblink, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the reflection that arises from fields of snow or ice. </DL> <A NAME="snowblower"> snow blower,<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine to clear an area of snow usually by throwing the snow out of its path with paddles or a screw device that feeds snow into a fan. </DL> <A NAME="snowboard"> snowboard, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long, narrow board somewhat like a ski, used for riding or racing over snow. <DD>v.i. to ride a snowboard. </DL> <A NAME="snowbound"> snowbound or snow-bound, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> shut in by snow; snowed in. </DL> <A NAME="snowbreak"> snowbreak, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a melting of snow; thaw. <DD> 2. a rush of loose or melting snow. <DD> 3. a narrow strip of forest or other barrier as a protection against snow. </DL> <A NAME="snowbroth"> snow-broth, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> melting or melted snow. </DL> <A NAME="snowbunny"> snow bunny,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD> 1. a person who is learning to ski. <DD> 2. a girl skier. </DL> <A NAME="snowbunting"> snow bunting,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, white finch with black and brownish markings, that lives in cold northern regions; snowbird; snowflake. </DL> <A NAME="snowbush"> snowbush, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various shrubs bearing many white flowers. </DL> <A NAME="snowcap"> snowcap, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cap or covering of snow, especially on a mountaintop. </DL> <A NAME="snowcapped"> snow-capped or snowcapped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having its top covered with snow. Ex. Lebanon's mountains, usually snow-capped all winter, are nearly bare today (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="snowcat"> snow-cat, noun. =Sno-cat.</DL> <A NAME="snowclad"> snow-clad, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> covered with snow. </DL> <A NAME="snowcraft"> snowcraft, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a knowledge of the behavior of snow and the best methods of combating it, especially in mountaineering. </DL> <A NAME="snowdrift"> snowdrift, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a mass or bank of snow piled up by the wind. <DD> 2. snow driven before the wind. </DL> <A NAME="snowdrop"> snowdrop, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small European plant with drooping white flowers that blooms early in the spring. It belongs to the amaryllis family. <DD> 2. its bulb or flower. <DD> 3. the common anemone. </DL> <A NAME="snowdust"> snow dust,<DL COMPACT><DD> fine particles of snow raised from the ground by the wind. </DL> <A NAME="snowfall"> snowfall, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a fall of snow. Ex. Our car got stuck in the snowfall last night. <DD> 2. the amount of snow falling within a certain time and area. Ex. The snowfall in that one storm was 16 inches. </DL> <A NAME="snowfence"> snow fence,<DL COMPACT><DD> a fence to break the force of the wind prevent drifting of snow. </DL> <A NAME="snowfield"> snowfield, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a wide expanse of snow, especially in arctic regions. </DL> <A NAME="snowfinch"> snow finch,<DL COMPACT><DD> a sparrow of mountainous regions of southern Europe and Asia, resembling the snow bunting but having a brown back, gray head, and black chin. </DL> <A NAME="snowflake"> snowflake, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small, feathery piece of snow. Snowflakes are crystals of frozen water vapor. <DD> 2. any one of a group of European plants of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop but larger. <DD> 3. =snow bunting. </DL> <A NAME="snowflea"> snow flea,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of adult springtails that often gather in great numbers on the surface of snow in early spring. </DL> <A NAME="snowfly"> snow fly,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a kind of stone fly which appears on the snow. <DD> 2. =snow flea. </DL> <A NAME="snowgoose"> snow goose,<DL COMPACT><DD> a white goose with black wing tips that nests in arctic regions and migrates to the southern United States in winter. </DL> <A NAME="snowgrass"> snowgrass, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a coarse, tall grass of New Zealand. </DL> <A NAME="snowgum"> snow gum,<DL COMPACT><DD> a gum tree of Australia that grows on mountain ridges. Snow gums are often stunted by the effects of cold and wind. </DL> <A NAME="snowhole"> snowhole, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a deep hole dug in the snow by mountaineers as a temporary shelter. </DL> <A NAME="snowhouse"> snowhouse, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a house built of snow; igloo. </DL> <A NAME="snowice"> snow ice,<DL COMPACT><DD> white, opaque ice formed by the freezing of slush. </DL> <A NAME="snowinsummer"> snow-in-summer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a perennial with white, tomentose stems, leaves, and calyx, grown in rock gardens and borders or found in the wild. </DL> <A NAME="snowjob"> snow job,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) something designed to snow under or overwhelm a person or his efforts, especially a great deal of fast, persuasive talk. Ex. You described [the] defense of his tax program as "sophisticated rhetoric." I call it a snow job (Time). </DL> <A NAME="snowk"> snowk, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) snook (1). </DL> <A NAME="snowknife"> snow knife,<DL COMPACT><DD> a knife of bone, formerly used by Eskimos for cutting blocks of snow in making igloos and for other purposes. </DL> <A NAME="snowleopard"> snow leopard,<DL COMPACT><DD> a wild cat of the mountains of central Asia; ounce. </DL> <A NAME="snowless"> snowless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> free of snow. Ex. Their houses were built with pitched roofs, rare in the snowless East (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="snowlily"> snow lily,<DL COMPACT><DD> a yellow dogtooth violet of the Rocky Mountains. </DL> <A NAME="snowline"> snow line,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the line on mountains above which there is always snow. <DD> 2. the limit of distance from the equator beyond which snow never completely melts off. </DL> <A NAME="snowmaker"> snowmaker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a snowmaking machine. Ex. With enough piping, twelve nozzles, and suitable terrain, the snowmaker can produce an 8-in.-deep ski slope 250 ft. by 1,000 ft. overnight (Time). </DL> <A HREF="snowmaki.dic">NEXT</A>