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nouna storm accompanied by a heavy fall of snow. Origin of snowstormAn Americanism dating back to 1765–75; snow + storm Words nearby snowstormsnowshoe, snowshoe cat, snowshoe hare, snowshoe hare virus, snowslide, snowstorm, snowsuit, snow thrower, snow tire, snow train, snowtubing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for snowstormAnd after that when, driving in the middle of the night and in a snowstorm, he swerves to avoid a sudden figure in the road. Why No Oscar Love For 'Inside Llewyn Davis'?|Tim Teeman|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST When snowstorm Nemo hit New York Fashion Week, Uggs were spotted on the feet of fashion trendsetters. Have Ugg Boots Made a Tepid Return to Fashion?|Misty White Sidell|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Gillespie described the view as “like driving along a mountain hillside in winter, in a snowstorm, at night.” Amelia Earhart: New Documentary Searches Underwater for Pilot and Her Plane|Jane Mendelsohn|August 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST When you were all so glad on account of this first snowstorm of the winter, did you stop to think that the snow comes from God? With the Children on Sunday|Sylvanus Stall
After the snowstorm the sky suddenly cleared, and at noon I saw the sun's lower rim touching the horizon. The Land of the Long Night|Paul du Chaillu The aerial was there, towering as serenely against the slaty sky as though there was no such thing as a snowstorm. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass|Allen Chapman Then they looked into each other's eyes, and together they walked out into the snowstorm to die. Modern Icelandic Plays|Jhann Sigurjnsson He had barely entered when a snowstorm came up, which raged for two days and nights. Christ Legends|Selma Lagerlf
British Dictionary definitions for snowstormCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to snowstormblast, downpour, blizzard, tornado, gust, hurricane, tempest, squall, gale, disturbance, cyclone, twister, precipitation, monsoon, blow, windstorm, cloudburst, whirlwind, raining cats and dogs, firn |