snow globe

American  

[snoh glohb] / ˈsnoʊ ˌgloʊb /

noun

snow globes plural

1. a clear glass or plastic ball containing a model scene, a clear liquid, and white flakes that settle like snow when the globe is shaken.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• snow globes
  plural

Example Sentences

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snow globe

The Paris he gives us might as well be cradled in a snow globe, it’s so schematically perfect; similarly, Ms. Kelly’s smile, which outshines the City of Light.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

Eagle-eyed fans have long speculated over the symbolism of the broken frog snow globe that sits on the desk in Wilhelm’s dorm room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

Martini Town, however, might as well have been a snow globe celebrating Picturesque Christmasville, U.S.A.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2023

Instead, she likened the concert to peering into the tiny cabin inside a snow globe, and seeing what life had been like for Mitchell over the last decade.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2023

They come back to me, die scattered days of that summer with the Object, each encased in a souvenir snow globe.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides