snow crystal
noun
a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
Origin of snow crystal
1First recorded in 1865–70
- Compare snowflake.
Words Nearby snow crystal
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How to use snow crystal in a sentence
While waiting for the response he picked up a pencil from my pen-tray, and idly drew a snow crystal on the big desk-blotter.
The Man Who Fell Through the Earth | Carolyn WellsBut her slender finger pointed only to the snow crystal that Rivers had drawn.
The Man Who Fell Through the Earth | Carolyn WellsOn the face of it, it would seem as if Case Rivers must have drawn this figure of a snow crystal.
The Man Who Fell Through the Earth | Carolyn WellsThe microscope gave me the same broken hexagonal prisms, mixed with tables closely resembling the snow-crystal.
Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack | Elisha Kent KaneA snow crystal is so fragile that it is easily mutilated by the wind and by contact with other crystals.
Meteorology | Charles Fitzhugh Talman
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