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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a crystal of snow [syn: snowflake, flake]
2: white Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1734 1. a flake or crystal of snow 2. any of a genus (Leucojum) of Old World bulbous plants of the amaryllis family; especially one (L. vernum) resembling the snowdrop

NOAA Weather Glossary

White ice crystals that have combined in a complex branchedhexagonal form.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 each of the small collections of crystals in which snow falls. 2 a any bulbous plant of the genus Leucojum, with snowdrop-like flowers. b the white flower of this plant.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Snowbird Snow"bird, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, or Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight. (b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Snowflake Snow"flake`, n. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow. 2. (Zo["o]l.) See Snowbird, 1. 3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, [ae]stivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(snowflakes) A snowflake is one of the soft, white bits of frozen water that fall as snow. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

avalanche, blizzard, crystal, driven snow, flake, flurry, granular snow, igloo, mantle of snow, mogul, slosh, slush, snow, snow banner, snow bed, snow blanket, snow blast, snow fence, snow flurry, snow roller, snow slush, snow squall, snow wreath, snow-crystal, snowball, snowbank, snowbridge, snowcap, snowdrift, snowfall, snowfield, snowland, snowman, snowscape, snowshed, snowslide, snowslip, snowstorm, wet snow