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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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

Sixty of us in the rising tram were in our own personal snow globe.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

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

There were now so many pink and yellow specks in my vision, it was as if I were inside a snow globe.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover