snow crystal

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow crystal¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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.

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But her slender finger pointed only to the snow crystal that Rivers had drawn.

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On the face of it, it would seem as if Case Rivers must have drawn this figure of a snow crystal.

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

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A snow crystal is so fragile that it is easily mutilated by the wind and by contact with other crystals.

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