snowflake

[ snoh-fleyk ]
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noun
  1. one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.

  2. Facetious Slang. a person who is considered unique and deserving of special treatment: I have twenty-eight special snowflakes in my classroom, and their parents’ demands make teaching impossible!

  1. Slang. a person who is easily offended, overly sensitive, or emotionally fragile: You snowflakes need to leave your safe spaces and engage with people who disagree with your beliefs.

  2. Meteorology.

    • an agglomeration of snow crystals falling as a unit.

    • any snow particle.

  3. any of certain European plants belonging to the genus Leucojum, of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop.

Origin of snowflake

1
First recorded in 1725–35; snow + flake1

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British Dictionary definitions for snowflake

snowflake

/ (ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk) /


noun
  1. one of the mass of small thin delicate arrangements of ice crystals that fall as snow

  2. any of various European amaryllidaceous plants of the genus Leucojum, such as L. vernum (spring snowflake), that have white nodding bell-shaped flowers

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