Meaning & use
snow
Soft white ice crystals that fall from the sky in cold weather and settle on the ground.
See it in a sentence
Fresh snow blanketed the entire town overnight, delaying the morning school buses.
The children built a snowman using the wet, heavy snow from the storm.
A note on using this word
Snow as an uncountable noun refers to the substance generally, while 'a snow' or 'snows' can describe specific snowfalls, mainly in literary use.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To fall as snow from the sky.
It snowed steadily all afternoon, covering the cars in a thick white layer.
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