Thematic Vocabulary Unit NÂș 064 v.4
- snow 1 / snowfall |n| atmospheric water vapour frozen in to ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
- "There had been a heavy snowfall and the cars were almost buried beneath the snow."
- "We had a light snowfall last night."
- snow 2 |n| a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground.
- snow bank |n| a mound or heap of snow.
- snow flurry |n| a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that).
- "He had to close the window against the flurries."
- blizzard |n| a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds.
- "The blizzard struck the north-east yesterday, causing serious damage."
- "The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain."
- freeze |n| a period of very cold weather.
- "The big freeze."
- "The cold water had frozen the ground."
- frost |n| ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
- "The windscreen is covered with frost."
- "There was a heavy frost last night."
- hail |n| precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
- "There will be widespread showers of rain, hail and sleet."
- "Hail and show are causing treacherous driving conditions, and motorists are warned to drive slowly."
- hailstone |n| small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm.
- "We struggled up the hill in a wind full of dust and hailstones."
- ice |n| water frozen in the solid state.
- "The lake was covered with a sheet of ice."
- "People were skating on the ice."
- "Ice had formed in the pond."
- melt |v| to turn from something solid into something liquid, or to cause something to do this.
- "The snow usually melts by mid March."
- sleet |n| partially melted snow for a mixture of rain and snow.
- "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet."
- slush |n| partially melted snow.
- "The snow ha turned to slush"
- "There was dirty brown slush all over the roads and pavements."
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