snow cone

noun

: granular ice molded into a ball and flavored with a syrup

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Other activities include bounce houses, face painting, food trucks and snow cones. Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2025 Get snow cones, play on the park’s playground and splash pad, or in the fun zone with an inflatable water slide, obstacle course and rock wall. Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025 Although perhaps some of the choice words that supplied the calculation for the coefficient was directed at the snow cone place that gave you seven snow cones without lids … at a drive thru … in the summer. Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 The fireworks show will begin at 9:30 p.m. Gates will open at 6 p.m. and there will be vendors serving coffee, tacos, smash burgers, barbecue, snow cones and biscuit. Alyssa Cooper, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for snow cone

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of snow cone was in 1941

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“Snow cone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snow%20cone. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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