snow
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The mountain snow is mostly gone, looks like rivers have already peaked (a month or two early), and any place under 8,000 'is brown and dry.
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- noun Frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes.
- noun A falling of snow; a snowstorm.
- noun Something resembling snow, as:
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- Why was there a piece of the puzzle that seemed so distant, so lost? — The Legacy of Heorot
- The sun soon melted the thin snow, and for the next week the days were hot again. — Lonesome Dove
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The mountain snow is mostly gone, looks like rivers have already peaked (a month or two early), and any place under 8,000 'is brown and dry.
— grouse Diary Entry -
But the snow is acid and nuclear so dont eat it.
— dailycomic Diary Entry - Always. — The Legacy of Heorot
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- Middle English, from Old English snāw; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots.
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/ (snō)/
ahd pronounces "snow"
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