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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?
Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.
Question 1 of 7
In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
Origin of snow
First recorded before 900; Middle English noun snou(e), Old English snāw; cognate with Dutch sneeuw, German Schnee, Old Norse snǣr, Gothic snaiws, Latin nix (genitive nivis ), Greek níps (accusative nípha ), Old Church Slavonic sněgŭ; verb derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM snow
snow·less, adjectivesnow·like, adjectiveWords nearby snow
snot-rag, snotter, snotty, snout, snout beetle, snow, snow apple, snowball, snowball bush, snowball tree, snowbank
Other definitions for snow (2 of 2)
Snow
[ snoh ]
/ snoʊ /
noun
Sir Charles Percy C. P. Snow, 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
Origin of Snow
First recorded in 1665–75
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British Dictionary definitions for snow (1 of 2)
snow
/ (snəʊ) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of snow
snowless, adjectivesnowlike, adjectiveWord Origin for snow
Old English snāw; related to Old Norse snjōr, Gothic snaiws, Old High German snēo, Greek nipha
British Dictionary definitions for snow (2 of 2)
Snow
/ (snəʊ) /
noun
C (harles) P (ercy), Baron. 1905–80, British novelist and physicist. His novels include the series Strangers and Brothers (1949–70)
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Scientific definitions for snow
snow
[ snō ]
Precipitation that falls to earth in the form of ice crystals that have complex branched hexagonal patterns. Snow usually falls from stratus and stratocumulus clouds, but it can also fall from cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with snow
snow
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