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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, adjective

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, adjective

Word 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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