snow globe

American  

[snoh glohb] / ˈsnoʊ ˌgloʊb /

noun

plural

snow globes

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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Example Sentences

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

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

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

The falling snow seen through window panes lends to the effect that this pair have found themselves isolated in a surreal but beautiful snow globe.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 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

Without waiting to see what would happen, Coraline reached up to the mantelpiece and closed her hand around the snow globe, pushing it deep into the pocket of her dressing gown.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman