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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?
Origin of snow
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English snāw; cognate with Dutch sneeuw,German Schnee,Old Norse snǣr,Gothic snaiws,Latin nix (genitive nivis), Greek níps (accusative nípha), OCS sněgŭ; (v.) Middle English snowen, derivative of the noun; replacing Middle English snewen,Old English snīwan; cognate with Old High German snīwan (German schneien), Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snīen
OTHER WORDS FROM snow
snowless, adjectivesnowlike, adjectiveDefinition for snow (2 of 2)
Snow
[ snoh ]
/ snoʊ /
noun
Sir Charles Percy C. P. Snow, 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
Origin of Snow
First recorded in 1665–75
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British Dictionary definitions for snow (1 of 2)
snow
/ (snəʊ) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of snow
snowless, adjectivesnowlike, adjectiveWord Origin for snow
Old English snāw; related to Old Norse snjōr, Gothic snaiws, Old High German snēo, Greek nipha
British Dictionary definitions for snow (2 of 2)
Snow
/ (snəʊ) /
noun
C (harles) P (ercy), Baron. 1905–80, British novelist and physicist. His novels include the series Strangers and Brothers (1949–70)
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Scientific definitions for snow
snow
[ snō ]
Precipitation that falls to earth in the form of ice crystals that have complex branched hexagonal patterns. Snow usually falls from stratus and stratocumulus clouds, but it can also fall from cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds.
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Idioms and Phrases with snow
snow
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