snow : Idioms & Phrases

• noun English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
  C. P. Snow; Snow; Baron Snow of Leicester.
  

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• noun English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
  C. P. Snow; Snow; Baron Snow of Leicester.
  

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• noun English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
  C. P. Snow; Snow; Baron Snow of Leicester.
  

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• noun granular snow formed by alternate thawing and freezing
  

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• noun small California annual with white flowers
  Linanthus dichotomus.
  

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• noun small crystals of ice
  diamond dust; frost snow; ice needle; frost mist; ice crystal; poudrin.
  

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• noun North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
  Galium boreale; Northern bedstraw.
  

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• snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga (Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.

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• noun a mound or heap of snow
  snowbank.
  

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• noun a machine that removes snow by scooping it up and throwing it forcefully through a chute
  snow blower.
  

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• noun white Arctic bunting
  snowbird; Plectrophenax nivalis; snowflake.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1.

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• noun chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow
  tire chain.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the snow pheasant.

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• noun a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
  chinook; chinook wind.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small black leaping poduran (Achorutes nivicola) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers.

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• a flood from melted snow.

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• (Bot.), the fringe tree.

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• noun a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
  flurry.
  
  • he had to close the window against the flurries
  • there was a flurry of chicken feathers

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Boreus. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers.

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• (Zoöl.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus Chionea found running on snow in winter.

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• noun blue goose in the white color phase
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus Chen. The common snow goose (Chen hyperborea), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also white brant, wavey, and Texas goose. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose (C. coerulescens) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also white head, white-headed goose, and bald brant.

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• noun small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
  white ash; ghost gum; Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora.
  

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• noun a long and elaborate misrepresentation
  

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• noun large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
  Panthera uncia; ounce.
  

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• (Zool.), the ounce.

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• noun dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers
  glacier lily; Erythronium grandiflorum.
  

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• noun the line on a mountain above which there is perpetual snow and ice
  

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• lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet.

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• noun small crystals of ice
  diamond dust; frost snow; ice needle; frost mist; ice crystal; poudrin.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a European vole (Arvicola nivalis) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.

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• noun popular in China and Japan and Taiwan; gelatinous mushrooms; most are dried
  Tremella fuciformis.
  

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• noun waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho
  phantom orchid; Eburophyton austinae.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See under Partridge.

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• noun variety of pea plant producing peas having thin flat edible pods
  sugar pea.
  
• noun green peas with flat edible pods
  sugar pea.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus Tetraogallus, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant (T.Himalayensis) in the best-known species. Called also snow cock, and snow chukor.

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• (Zoöl.), a pigeon (Columba leuconota) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black.

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• noun a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground
  Sarcodes sanguinea.
  

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• (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb (Sarcodes sanguinea) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up.

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• noun a machine that removes snow by scooping it up and throwing it forcefully through a chute
  snow blower.
  

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• noun an automobile pneumatic tire with deep tread to give traction in snow
  

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• noun a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
  dwarf-white trillium; early wake-robin.
  

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• verb affect with snow blindness
  snow-blind.
  
  • the glare of the sun snow-blinded her
• adjective satellite temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice
  snow-blind.
  

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Snow"-blind` adjective

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1. Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. -- Snow"-blind`ness, n.

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• verb affect with snow blindness
  snow-blind.
  
  • the glare of the sun snow-blinded her
• adjective satellite temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice
  snow-blind.
  

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• noun temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice
  snowblindness.
  

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Snow"-bound` adjective

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1. Enveloped in, or confined by, snow. Whittier.

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Snow"-broth` noun

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1. Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor. Shak.

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• adjective (of mountains) capped with a covering of snow
  

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Snow"-capped` adjective

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1. Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.

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• adjective satellite covered with snow
  snow-clad; snowy.
  
  • snow-clad hills
  • snow-covered roads
  • a long snowy winter

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• adjective satellite covered with snow
  snow-clad; snowy.
  
  • snow-clad hills
  • snow-covered roads
  • a long snowy winter

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• noun annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk
  ghost weed; Euphorbia marginata; snow-in-summer.
  
• noun chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers
  Cerastium tomentosum; love-in-a-mist.
  

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• noun annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk
  ghost weed; Euphorbia marginata; snow-in-summer.
  

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• adjective satellite of the white color of snow
  snowy.
  

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Snow"-white` adjective

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1. White as snow; very white. "Snow-white and rose-red" Chaucer.

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• to expose one's plants to rivals or foes.

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