snowstorm

[snoh-stawrm]

noun

1. a storm accompanied by a heavy fall of snow.

snowstorm

/ ˈsnəʊˌstɔːm /

noun

1. a storm with heavy snow

Word History and Origins

Origin of snowstorm¹

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75; snow + storm

Example Sentences

Just one month ago, on Aug. 16, a 50-year-old man fell to his death after becoming disoriented while descending the Clear Creek Trail during a summer snowstorm.

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None of the trio hatched despite Jackie guarding that clutch for 62 hours through an unrelenting snowstorm.

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Police were able to trace it to a man who disappeared in the area in June 1997 after falling into a glacier crack during a snowstorm.

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Then, a massive snowstorm dropped 12 feet of snow in the area one winter, cutting the workers and their families off from food and the outside world for weeks, he said.

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Sometimes they’d come by in the middle of a snowstorm, plastic bags looped over each arm like ornaments, and you’d feel a little flutter of guilt and gratitude as you tipped in crumpled bills.

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Related Words

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• cyclone 
• disturbance 
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• squall 
• tempest