Winter Weather Terms

noun a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes

verb to fall as or like snow

• The snowfall in the region has been unusually heavy this winter.
• Hey, did you see how much snow we got last night?
• I love it when the white stuff starts coming down!
• Her heart was as cold and unforgiving as snow on a winter's day.

noun a mound or bank of snow, especially along the side of a road or path

• The car skidded off the road and into a snowbank.
• We had to dig the car out of the snowbank before we could leave.
• I almost wiped out on my snowboard and ended up in the snowbank.
• She felt like she was stuck in a snowbank of paperwork at work.