snows
Flakes from above
Snows is the third-person singular of snow, used when the subject is impersonal: It snows every winter here.
As a plural noun, snows refers to multiple snowfalls or accumulated snow over time: the snows of December, the first snows of the season.
Literary or poetic usage evokes winter's passing: the snows of yesteryear.
Violent prolonged snowstorm
- flurryBrief burst of activity
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- powderFine dry particles
- sleetPartly frozen precipitation
frost · ice · precipitation · squall · dusting · accumulation · drifts · nor'easter
Soft bed covering
- dustingRemoving surface grime
- mantleCovering or wrap
- carpetThick floor textile
- layerSingle thickness of material
shroud · coating · cover · drifts · powder · accumulation · whiteout · buried
blizzard
Violent prolonged snowstorm
sleet · frost · ice · precipitation · squall · dusting · accumulation · drifts · nor'easter · avalanche
blanket
Soft bed covering
layer · shroud · coating · cover · drifts · powder · accumulation · whiteout · buried · blanketed
frost
Thin ice coating
- iciclesFrozen hanging water formations
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
tundra · solstice · hibernation · skiing · sledding · snowman · igloo · Nordic · Alps · Yukon
falls
Descends or declines
buries · drifts · accumulates · melts · settles · swirls · flurries · dumps · coats · powders
- snow dayWeather-forced school closure
- snowed inTrapped by winter weather
- heavy snowSubstantial winter precipitation
- snow globeSealed sphere with drifting flakes
- snow angelsGround impressions from flailing
- snowball fightPlayful winter combat
snow, snowball, snowstorm, snowed, snowflake, snowing, snowfall, snowflakes, snowballs