- snowflake snow·flake n
- ['snəʊˌfleɪk]
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snowflake snow·flake n
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Snowflake — Snow flake , n. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus {Leucoium} ({L. vernum}, {[ae]stivum}, etc.) resembling the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flake — may refer to:In food preparation: * Fish flake, a platform for drying cod * Flake (fish), an Australian term for edible flesh of one of several species of shark * Flake (chocolate), a chocolate barIn science: * Lithic flake, a fragment of stone… … Wikipedia
snowflake — 1734, from SNOW (Cf. snow) + FLAKE (Cf. flake) … Etymology dictionary
snowflake — snow•flake [[t]ˈsnoʊˌfleɪk[/t]] n. 1) mer one of the small crystals, flakes, or masses in which snow falls 2) pln any of certain European plants belonging to the genus Leucojum, of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop 3) orn snow bunting … From formal English to slang
snowflake — snow|flake [ˈsnəufleık US ˈsnou ] n a small soft flat piece of frozen water that falls as snow … Dictionary of contemporary English
snowflake — snow|flake [ snou,fleık ] noun count a single piece of snow that falls from the sky … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Snow — Snowfall redirects here. For other uses, see Snow (disambiguation) or Snowfall (disambiguation). Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. The process of… … Wikipedia
snowflake — Synonyms and related words: avalanche, blizzard, crystal, driven snow, flake, flurry, granular snow, igloo, mantle of snow, mogul, slosh, slush, snow, snow banner, snow bed, snow blanket, snow blast, snow fence, snow flurry, snow roller, snow… … Moby Thesaurus
flake — n 1. scale, scurf, floe, floccule; peel, pellicle, membrane, skin; chip, shaving; snowflake, snow crystal, crystal. v 2. peel, peel off, scale, scale or flake off, desquamate, exfoliate … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Flake — (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. {Flag} a flat stone.] 1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flake knife — Flake Flake (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. {Flag} a flat stone.] 1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
