Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A storm marked by heavy snowfall.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A storm with a fall of snow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A storm with falling snow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
Etymologies
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Examples
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In preparation to whatever snowstorm is coming our way?
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What if the snowstorm is what's causing the failure to communicate?
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Copenhagen (CNN) – In a strange twist, a Washington snowstorm is forcing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, to make an early departure from a global warming summit here in Denmark.
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Weather: The inversion has passed, but a huge snowstorm is about to envelop the Western USA and Canada, well out into the upper Great Plains.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2005
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Weather: The inversion has passed, but a huge snowstorm is about to envelop the Western USA and Canada, well out into the upper Great Plains.
Archive 2005-11-20 Michael Evans 2005
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Now the first blind of a fast train in a driving snowstorm is no summer picnic.
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The postman hasn’t delivered our mail since we returned from Florida, so apparently I’ll have to make a trip to the post office and pick it up (since they won’t answer the phone!!) And now this huge snowstorm is coming, foiling my plans for Friday, which included going back to the office, getting the dogs haircuts, and rehearsing with students for a music competition on Saturday.
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The postman hasn’t delivered our mail since we returned from Florida, so apparently I’ll have to make a trip to the post office and pick it up (since they won’t answer the phone!!) And now this huge snowstorm is coming, foiling my plans for Friday, which included going back to the office, getting the dogs haircuts, and rehearsing with students for a music competition on Saturday.
What a Week 2008
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(AP) - Democratic Rep. John Salazar was blocked on the campaign trail Monday when a flatbed truck ran into a snowy ditch during a mountain snowstorm.
John Salazar Pulls Flatbed Truck Out Of Ditch During Snowstorm (VIDEO) Ethan Axelrod 2010
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(AP) - Democratic Rep. John Salazar was blocked on the campaign trail Monday when a flatbed truck ran into a snowy ditch during a mountain snowstorm.
John Salazar Pulls Flatbed Truck Out Of Ditch During Snowstorm (VIDEO) Ethan Axelrod 2010
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