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.
The heavy snowfall blocked the main road.
After a night of record snowfall, the children woke up to find the entire garden buried in white.
Meteorologists predicted that the annual snowfall would exceed the decade's average due to a shift in the prevailing winds across the mountain range.
From snow + fall.
Usage
Uncountable when referring to the substance or general accumulation; countable when referring to a specific event or instance of falling.