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snow crystal

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noun
  1. a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
Compare snowflake.

Origin of snow crystal

First recorded in 1865–70
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Related Words for snow crystal

sleet, slush, snowbank, snowdrift, snowflake, snowfall

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Historical Examples of snow crystal

  • The microscope gave me the same broken hexagonal prisms, mixed with tables closely resembling the snow-crystal.