snowstorm
/ˈsnəʊstɔːm/
snowstorm noun: bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
Noun
snowstorm (plural snowstorms)
- Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
- Dined at Melville Castle, whither I went through a snow-storm.1826 November 28 (date written), Walter Scott, “[Entry dated 28 November 1826]”, in David Douglas, editor, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott […], volume I, Edinburgh: David Douglas, published 1890...
- Synonyms:
- blizzard
- A snow globe.
- As we made our way down, my eye was caught by a snowstorm—one of those little glass balls, with a baby cottage inside.1947, Dornford Yates, The Berry Scene, Ward, Lock & Co., 273
- Synonyms:
- snowdome, snow globe
snowstorm meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
snowstorm in Hindi
- bad weather involving blowing winds and snow
- हिमाँधी himāndhī, हिम आँधी him āndhī
snowstorm in Tamil
- பனிப் புயல், பனிப்புயல்
snowstorm in Bengali
- তুষারঝড়
snowstorm in Telugu
- bad weather involving blowing winds and snow
- మంచు తుఫాను mañcu tuphānu
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- snowstorm in Kannada
- ಮಂಜಿನ ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ
- snowstorm in Persian
- بوران burân
- snowstorm in Thai
- พายุหิมะ paa-yú-hì-má
- snowstorm in Vietnamese
- bão tuyết
Examples of snowstorm in a sentence
- Sold-out stores can be a major problem around the time of a snowstorm.
- All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
- We were cooped in because of the snowstorm.
Synonyms of snowstorm
Forms of snowstorm
| plural | snowstorms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | snow storm |
| alternative form | snow-storm |
Origin of snowstorm
From earlier snow-storm, snow storm, equivalent to snow + storm. Compare Scots snawstorm (“snowstorm”), Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm (“snowstorm”), West Frisian sniestoarm (“snowstorm”), Dutch sneeuwstorm (“snowstorm”), German Low German Sneestorm (“snowstorm”), German Schneesturm (“snowstorm”), Danish snestorm (“snowstorm”), Swedish snöstorm (“snowstorm”), Icelandic snjóstormur (“snowstorm”). Compare also Middle English storm of snow (“snowstorm”).
Words formed from snowstorm
Questions about snowstorm
- What does snowstorm mean?
- Snowstorm means bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
- What is snowstorm in Hindi?
- Snowstorm in Hindi is हिमाँधी (himāndhī), हिम आँधी (him āndhī). See Snowstorm meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is snowstorm?
- Snowstorm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce snowstorm?
- Snowstorm is pronounced /ˈsnəʊstɔːm/.
- What is the plural of snowstorm?
- The plural of snowstorm is snowstorms.
Words near snowstorm in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: snowstorm (page history and authors); snowstorm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snowstorm (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snowstorm (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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