snowman

[ snoh-man ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌmæn /

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noun, plural snow·men.

a figure of a person made of packed snow.

Slang.

the numeral eight: They retired Ripken’s number in 2001, so no Oriole will again wear that snowman on his back.
Golf. a score of eight strokes on any individual hole: I blew it on the ninth hole—still can’t believe I made the dreaded snowman.

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Origin of snowman

First recorded in 1820–30; snow + man

Words nearby snowman

snow leopard, snow lily, snow line, snowmaker, snowmaking, snowman, Snowmass Mountain, snowmelt, snowmobile, snow mold, snow-on-the-mountain

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How to use snowman in a sentence

It’s all about Santa Claus hanging out on the beach in shades or snowmen melting in the summer sun.
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In the winter I made a big snowman, and we had a big snowball fight.
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The end result was a somewhat bizarre and silly-looking snowman, made of three oddly-shaped spherical balls.
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It became clear that the object was not a snowman so much as two pancakes stuck together at their edge.
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In the initial spacecraft images, Arrokoth seemed to resemble a 22-mile-tall snowman, with a smaller ball jammed onto a second, larger one.
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Who is Parson Brown, and why are these people making a snowman that looks like him?
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The narrator is suggesting that they build a snowman that looks like a minister.
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The dissolution of their relationship plays out in the achingly poignant duet "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
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It's a hooter you'd only be delighted with if you were a snowman.
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Trapped inside every snowman is a little boy just waiting to get out.
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As Mun Bun had first announced, he looked like a snowman, only his face was grayish-black.
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Pressing his face close to the glass of one of the outer doors, Mun Bun stared down at the "black snowman" on the step.
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Grimly the lanterns burned in the eyes and mouth of the snowman—welcome!
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"You go over and help sister make a snowman," he added, for this is what Jan and the other two girls were trying to do.
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Just as a snowman made by children melts in the warm sun of March, so the fierce old North Wind began to thaw!
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British Dictionary definitions for snowman

snowman

/ (ˈsnəʊˌmæn) /

noun plural -men

a figure resembling a man, made of packed snow

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