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snowman.

A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsnəʊ.mæn/UK/ˈsnoʊ.mæn/US
  1. A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

  2. A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs).

  3. A playing card with the rank of eight.

    slang
  4. An attractive but heartless man.

    rare
Where this word comes from

* snow + -man. * (score of eight; card ranked eight): A typical snowman, built from two balls of snow, resembles a figure eight.

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