snow
noun
precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
snowlike
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a word derived from
snow.
Example Sentences
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I cranked it by hand, making sure to turn the coconut shell often before any of its brown husk fell into the snowlike flakes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021
Likewise, on the cross-country trip, Joe asks a friendly police officer what’s up with the snowlike flecks of ash floating in the air?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2015
Hours after the detonation. a snowlike material fell from the sky.
From Time Magazine Archive
A single wild rose tossed farewell, bursts slowly, its petals drifting snowlike upon the reluctantly lowered coffin.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Every day the sun shone in a cloudless blue sky and in the morning the ground was frozen hard and covered with snowlike frost, but the air was marvelously stimulating.
From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Andrews, Roy Chapman
