fall of snow
51Snow cornice — This article is about the snow formation. For the architectural use, see cornice. A cornice of snow about to fall. Cracks in the snow are visible in area (1). Area (3) fell soon after this picture was taken, leaving area (2) as the new edge …
52Snow bridge — For another meaning, see Avalanche snow bridge Snow bridge is an arc across a crevasse, a crack in rock, a creek, or some other opening in terrain. [Elaine Freedgood (2000) Victorian Writing about Risk: Imagining a Safe England in a Dangerous… …
53fall — [c]/fɔl / (say fawl) verb (fell, fallen, falling) –verb (i) 1. to descend from a higher to a lower place or position through loss or lack of support; drop. 2. to come down suddenly from a standing or erect position: to fall on one s knees. 3. to… …
54Fall — v. & n. v.intr. (past fell; past part. fallen) 1 a go or come down freely; descend rapidly from a higher to a lower level (fell from the top floor; rain was falling). b drop or be dropped (supplies fell by parachute; the curtain fell). 2 a (often …
55fall — v. & n. v.intr. (past fell; past part. fallen) 1 a go or come down freely; descend rapidly from a higher to a lower level (fell from the top floor; rain was falling). b drop or be dropped (supplies fell by parachute; the curtain fell). 2 a (often …
56snow drift — noun An accumulation of snow caused by wind currents, typically much deeper and higher than the depth of snow that fell directly. We had two feet of snow fall, two days ago, but when I drove off the road about five hundred yards into the forest… …
57snow — snow1 [ snou ] noun *** 1. ) uncount small soft white pieces of ice that fall from the sky and cover the ground: The path was hidden under a blanket of snow. 2. ) snows plural the snow that falls over a period of time: The first snows of winter… …
58snow — [[t]sno͟ʊ[/t]] ♦♦♦ snows, snowing, snowed 1) N UNCOUNT Snow consists of a lot of soft white bits of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather. In Mid Wales six inches of snow blocked roads... They tramped through the falling snow. 2) N… …
59snow — 1 noun 1 (U) water frozen into soft white flakes (=pieces) that fall from the sky in cold weather and cover the ground: mountain peak covered with snow | roads blocked by deep snow | melting snow 2 (C) a period of time in which snow falls: one of …
60snow*/*/ — [snəʊ] noun I 1) [U] small soft white pieces of ice that fall from the sky and cover the ground The path was hidden under a blanket of snow.[/ex] Three inches of snow fell overnight.[/ex] 2) snows [plural] the snow that falls over a period of… …
