snowstorm

noun

snow·​storm ˈsnō-ˌstȯrm How to pronounce snowstorm (audio)
: a storm of or with snow

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Read is charged with murder, manslaughter and fleeing the scene for allegedly plowing into him with her Lexus and taking off, leaving him for dead in a snowstorm. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025 Jurors’ visit to the house in Canton, Massachusetts, marks the end of the first week in the retrial of Karen Read, a former finance professor accused of hitting then-boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January 2022. Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025 Early the next morning, Read and two friends drove around in a snowstorm looking for O’Keefe and found his body in the front yard of the Canton house, according to court documents. Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025 During a routine patrol in a snowstorm outside Jackson, Wyoming, Joel saves Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) from a horde of infected, only to be led into a trap. Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snowstorm

Word History

First Known Use

1755, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowstorm was in 1755

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“Snowstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowstorm. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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snowstorm

noun
snow·​storm -ˌstȯrm How to pronounce snowstorm (audio)
: a storm of falling snow

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