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snows.

One or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the Arctic and/or Antarctic.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/snəʊz/Received-Pronunciation[snəʊ̯z]Received-Pronunciation/snoʊz/General-American[snoʊ̯z]General-American
  1. One or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the Arctic and/or Antarctic.

    plural · plural-only
  2. Clipping of snow tires.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · informal · plural · plural-only
    You’d better be wearing your snows next week.
  3. A woman's pale-coloured breasts.

    dated · plural · plural-only · poetic
Where this word comes from

From snow + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns; and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

noun/snəʊz/Received-Pronunciation[snəʊ̯z]Received-Pronunciation/snoʊz/General-American[snoʊ̯z]General-American
  1. plural of snow

    form-of · plural
    The snows in Alaska are quite different from the snows here.
Where this word comes from

From snow + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns; and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

verb/snəʊz/Received-Pronunciation[snəʊ̯z]Received-Pronunciation/snoʊz/General-American[snoʊ̯z]General-American
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snow

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

From snow + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns; and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

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