snowflake
noun
one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
snowflakes
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pluralof snowflake.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Their meat is regularly likened to snowflakes, in part because of the intricate patterns in its fat marbling, but also for the way that it dissolves in your mouth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
He added that far too often he was seeing a narrative where young people were being described as "snowflakes or shirkers".
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
"Planets form from the bottom up, by sticking small-scale planetesimals together. But forming a planet at the edge of the instability zone would be like trying to stick snowflakes together in a hurricane," he said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Not to be a bummer, but come summer, you might just find yourself missing the snowflakes.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
The white petals fell to the ground like snowflakes, leaving a small green bulb, which turned into a strawberry within days.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
