snowfall
White winter precipitation
Snowfall is snow descending from the sky, or the amount that accumulates over a period: We had six inches of snowfall overnight.
The word treats snow as a measurable event rather than just a substance—weather reports give snowfall totals, and cities prepare for heavy snowfall.
Atmospheric water deposit
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- flurryBrief burst of activity
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
whiteout · nor'easter · front · forecast · barometer · visibility · windchill · sleet
Gradual movement, no direction
- bankPlace holding deposits
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
- moundHeaped earth formation
- heapJumbled collection of items
blanket · layer · cover · depth · inches · accumulation · buildup · powder
Year's coldest quarter
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- DecemberYear's final month
- JanuaryYear's opening month
- FebruarySecond month, often shortest
frost · chill · cold · freezing · subzero · icicle · hibernate · fireside
Thin detached fragment
- dendriteNeuron's input branch
- hexagonSix-sided closed figure
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
ice · facet · geometric · fractal · prism · structure · frostwork · delicate
Lacking in sound
- hushAbsence of sound
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
tranquility · calm · muffled · softness · serene · gentle · soundless · blanketed
Absence of pigment
- pristinePure and untouched
- powderyReduced to fine particles
- glisteningReflecting light softly
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
fresh · pure · untouched · bright · luminous · glittering · shimmering · iridescent
precipitation
Atmospheric water deposit
storm · whiteout · nor'easter · front · forecast · barometer · visibility · windchill · sleet · wintry
drift
Gradual movement, no direction
heap · blanket · layer · cover · depth · inches · accumulation · buildup · powder · pack
winter
Year's coldest quarter
February · frost · chill · cold · freezing · subzero · icicle · hibernate · fireside · hearth
flake
Thin detached fragment
symmetry · ice · facet · geometric · fractal · prism · structure · frostwork · delicate · intricate
quiet
Lacking in sound
peace · tranquility · calm · muffled · softness · serene · gentle · soundless · blanketed · undisturbed
white
Absence of pigment
- pristinePure and untouched
- powderyReduced to fine particles
- glisteningReflecting light softly
sparkling · fresh · pure · untouched · bright · luminous · glittering · shimmering · iridescent · dazzling
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, checkout
- phenomenanorthern lights, eclipse, earthquake, solar eclipse, volcanic eruption
- weatherweather, rain, sun, wind, cloud
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- Snowsnowbank, blizzard, powder, flurry, flurries
- weather datatemperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, air pressure
snowfalldrought
Prolonged water scarcity
clear skies · sunshine · dry spell · fair weather · dryness
snowfallheat wave
Extended extreme warmth
scorching heat · summer heat · blazing sun · hot spell · tropical heat
- heavy snowfallIntense winter precipitation
- snowfall recordsDocumented amounts of fallen snow
- seasonal snowfallCold-month frozen precipitation
- snowfall totalsMeasured depth of precipitation
- biggest snowfallLargest recorded snow accumulation