snowpocalypse
Syllables: snow·poc·a·lypseUK/snəʊˈpɒkəlɪps//snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/
snowpocalypse noun: an unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.
Noun
snowpocalypse (plural snowpocalypses)
- An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.
- I'd also like to thank the Atlanta Snowpocalypse of 2011 for giving me a large block of uninterrupted writing time.2012, Marilyn Wolf, “Preface”, in Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing System Design, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page xxiii
- The “snowpocalypse” of 2008 paralyzed hilly Seattle in part due to reluctance to salt the roads for fear of harming Puget Sound and nearby streams, though it turned out that sanding the roads can also be harmful.2014, Karen Gaudette Brewer, Seafood Lover's Pacific Northwest: Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions, Globe Pequot, →ISBN, page 5
- Synonyms:
- blizzaster, Snowmageddon
Synonyms of snowpocalypse
Forms of snowpocalypse
| plural | snowpocalypses |
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Origin of snowpocalypse
From snow + -pocalypse.
Questions about snowpocalypse
- What does snowpocalypse mean?
- Snowpocalypse means an unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.
- What part of speech is snowpocalypse?
- Snowpocalypse is a noun.
- How do you pronounce snowpocalypse?
- Snowpocalypse is pronounced /snoʊˈpɑkəlɪps/ (US).
- What is the plural of snowpocalypse?
- The plural of snowpocalypse is snowpocalypses.
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