Kilo Lingo

snow

/snəʊ/

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Translation

Soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky when it is very cold.

Word origin

From Old English snaw, the common Germanic word for frozen falling water.

Origin
Old English
Root
snaw

Examples

white deep .

"Snow" is soft frozen water that falls when it is cold.

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Here "snow" is one whole thing, so it has no plural.

Heavy through .

"Snow" here is the frozen water coming down from the sky.

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This word is part of lesson 10.