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snowout

snowout noun: a cancellation due to interfering snow.

Noun

snowout (countable and uncountable, plural snowouts)

  1. A cancellation due to interfering snow.
    • “Having the snowouts created havoc in our schedule throughout the season and provided a potential excuse,” Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro said.2007 September 30, Murray Chass, “Traveling Home Show Takes Indians to Playoffs”, in New York Times
  2. (uncountable) Nuclear fallout deposited by means of snow.

Forms of snowout

pluralsnowouts

Origin of snowout

From snow + out.

Questions about snowout

What does snowout mean?
Snowout means a cancellation due to interfering snow.
What part of speech is snowout?
Snowout is a noun.
What is the plural of snowout?
The plural of snowout is snowouts.

Words near snowout in the dictionary

  1. snownadoes
  2. snownados
  3. snowologist
  4. snowologists
  5. snowoman
  6. snowout
  7. snowouts
  8. snowpack
  9. snowpacks
  10. snowpants
  11. snowpark

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