snowflake
one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
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!
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.
Meteorology.
an agglomeration of snow crystals falling as a unit.
any snow particle.
any of certain European plants belonging to the genus Leucojum, of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop.
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How to use snowflake in a sentence
Express forecastForecast in detailWith any lingering morning snowflakes pulling away, we’ll keep monitoring some drizzle in the area that could cause some iciness.
D.C.-area forecast: Raw today. Iciness threat grows Saturday into early Sunday. | A. Camden Walker | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe snowflakes build up as water molecules tumble around in the sky.
Other than a few mood-enhancing snowflakes and the clouds that brought them, the day still managed to end up slightly above normal, with temperatures in the mid-40s.
PM Update: Winds wane tonight, and it’s warmer on a sun-filled Thursday | Ian Livingston | January 20, 2021 | Washington PostThere’s a chance its precipitation edges close enough to the region to sneak in a few snowflakes, but probably not.
D.C.-area forecast: Partly sunny today, with a storm passing just to our south on Friday | David Streit | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostGoing into next week the chances of snowflakes seem to be on the way up.
D.C.-area forecast: Mild with sunshine today, before more rain Sunday | Ian Livingston | January 2, 2021 | Washington Post
The BBC judged the Opening Ceremony to be a success, apart from the “slightly misbehaving snowflake.”
Sorry Putin, the Sochi Opening Ceremony Was Totally Gay | Tim Teeman | February 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo matter: the show must go on, and it did, beginning with “snowflake-gate.”
Sorry Putin, the Sochi Opening Ceremony Was Totally Gay | Tim Teeman | February 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo be sure, Obama is no privacy-ignoring, union-suppressing political snowflake.
The resulting children have come to be called snowflake babies.
When the formation of the drop of water or snowflake begins, the mass is very small.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerWhen snowflake came to the cave dragging the handsome reindeer, the people shouted for joy.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppAnd when they had knocked off the beautiful antlers, they gave them to snowflake and changed her name.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth Doppsnowflake learned her lessons well and she found new ways of doing things.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppDraw one of these pictures:—snowflake finds a reindeer caught in the vines.Antler teaches the children to set traps.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
British Dictionary definitions for snowflake
/ (ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk) /
one of the mass of small thin delicate arrangements of ice crystals that fall as snow
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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