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snowfall

n. C / U
B1 Intermediate US //ˈsnoʊfɑɫ// UK //snˈəʊfɔːl// snow·fall

n. the amount of snow that falls during a certain period of time. It can also mean the event of snow falling from the sky.

n. the quantity of snow falling within a given area or period; the occurrence of a fall of snow.


SIMPLE

The heavy snowfall blocked the main road.

CONTEXTUAL

After a night of record snowfall, the children woke up to find the entire garden buried in white.

COMPLEX

Meteorologists predicted that the annual snowfall would exceed the decade's average due to a shift in the prevailing winds across the mountain range.

Synonyms
Origin

From snow + fall.

Usage

Uncountable when referring to the substance or general accumulation; countable when referring to a specific event or instance of falling.

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