snowflakenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsnəʊ.fleɪk/us/ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/snowflake noun [ C ] (PIECE OF SNOW)
a small piece of snow that falls from the sky. Snowflakes are sometimes represented as six-sided crystals on Christmas cards, decorations, etc.
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Precipitation: snow & ice
- crevasse
- drift
- freeze
- frost
- frosty
- glacial
- glaciation
- ground frost
- hailstorm
- hoarfrost
- ice cap
- Jack Frost
- mogul
- moraine
- pack ice
- permafrost
- slushy
- snow line
- snowdrift
- snowfall
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snowflake noun [ C ] (PERSON)
informal disapproving an insulting way of referring to someone who is considered by some people to be too easily upset and offended:
Why are young liberals known as snowflakes?
US, informal disapproving an insulting word for a gay person:
Once again, a Facebook troll called me a snowflake.
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- The term snowflakes has been used as a slang insult to suggest that people who take offense at anything from political policy changes to offensive comments are as weak and vulnerable as a speck of snow.
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Insults & abuse
- arse-licker
- asshole
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat
- cut (sb) to the quick idiom
- denigrate
- fuck
- fuck you/them/it idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
- insulting
- mouth
- mouthful
- name-calling
- score
- shit
- sledging
- stick
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- trifle
- trifle with sb/sth
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Examples from literature
- On day 9, the snowflakes became very big.
- This is called the angle of repose, and it varies depending on the type of snowflake that has fallen.
- This is dangerous because big snowflakes have more moisture.