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1snow Listen to audio/ˈsnoʊ/ noun
plural snows
1 : soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall to the ground from the sky in cold weather [noncount] Snow fell softly on the town. The mountains were blanketed/covered with snow. She took a walk in the snow. We got 12 inches of snow. [=we had a snowstorm that left 12 inches of snow on the ground] We haven't had much snow this year. The weatherman is forecasting heavy/light snow. [=the weatherman is saying that a large/small amount of snow will fall] She went out to shovel the snow. [count] Soon the warm spring sun will melt the winter snows. the snows of the Rocky Mountains A light/heavy snow was falling.
2 [noncount] : white dots that appear on the screen of a television when it is receiving a weak signal

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