snowfallsnow‧fall /ˈsnəʊfɔːl $ ˈsnoʊfɒːl/ noun [countable, uncountable] 
Heavy snowfalls are forecast. an average snowfall of eight inches a year
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- the first snowfall of the season
- There was very little snowfall last year.
- A light snowfall was just beginning, and Jasper looked like wonder itself with snowflakes in his hair.
- He says the variable pattern of snowfall does more to affect the figures than anything else.
- In the exceptionally heavy snowfalls of 1940 and 1981, several trams were stranded and the service suspended for several days.
- The moist snowfall had changed into rain.
- The Washington-area appeared to have the most trouble recovering from the snowfall, its heaviest since 1979.
- There were heavy snowfalls in areas which never expect to see such wintry conditions.
- This occurs in cold climates that have heavy snowfalls during the winter.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Heavy snowfalls are forecast.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
an occasion when snow falls from the sky, or the amount that falls in a particular period of time: Heavy snowfalls are forecast.· There were heavy snowfalls in areas which never expect to see such wintry conditions.· This occurs in cold climates that have heavy snowfalls during the winter.· Donald Peterson said at a Pentagon news briefing as heavy snowfall continued to hamper search and rescue efforts near Vail, Colo.· It was a heavy snowfall and by morning even the most prominent landmark was disguised beneath a thick covering of snow.· In the exceptionally heavy snowfalls of 1940 and 1981, several trams were stranded and the service suspended for several days.· Initially scheduled for Basingstoke on February 9, the trial was postponed when heavy snowfalls made travel absolutely impossible for many athletes.· He began his planning in January but found practice curtailed two weeks ago by a heavy snowfall.
Heavy snowfalls are forecast. an average snowfall of eight inches a year