Meanings (ES + gloss)
nevada • nieves
The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
The blasts of autumn drive the winged seeds / Over the earth,—next come the snows, and rain, / And frosts, and storms, which dreary winter leads / Out of his Scythian cave, a savag…
We have had several heavy snows this year.
nieve
Something resembling snow (etymology 1, sense 1) in appearance or color.
I took my TV over on the first trip. I got a beauty. It's four years old, color, but when I had a little snow and asked the repairman to come in, he told me never, never turn this…
Near-synonym: static
Phrases
European snow voleFlorida snowHawaiian snowSno-catSnomobileSnovidSnow BowlSnow Creek FallsSnow HillSnow IslandSnow LakeSnow MountainSnow QueenSnow ShoeSnowBMXSnowMotoSnowballSnowbasinSnowcemSnowcrestSnowmageddonSnowshillSnowtownSnowtrooperSnowvilleabominable snow monsteracid snowapple snowartificial snowas pure as the driven snowas white as snowblowing snowcarbon dioxide snowcarbon dioxide snow cleaningcoco snowcome rain or snowcooking snowcorn snowcouldn't piss a hole in the snowdeadman snow anchor
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