Definition of snowstorm
: a storm of or with snow
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Leitner interviewed for a job in Detroit 40 years ago, landing in a blinding snowstorm.
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Not only is Clay always able to ride his bike without fear of getting stuck in a snowstorm, the show can use flashbacks without having to reset the entire look of scenes between winter and summer.
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Speaking of Sun Country, there was a massive snowstorm last week, which closed the Minneapolis airport.
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Tyrod Taylor, Buffalo's regular QB, missed the game with a knee injury, and backup Nathan Peterman got hurt in the third quarter, putting Webb under center as the Bills and Colts battled in a snowstorm.
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During the snowstorm last week, a section of the ceiling in the Arts and Music section on the third floor began leaking.
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God Bless my dad, who braved a snowstorm that night to take me, armed with my brand new Kodak 110 camera (and plenty of flash bulbs!) to sit in a crowd of screaming preteen girls that night.
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More on hurricane losses and JetBlue: Weather has already challenged JetBlue this year, with a 22-hour closure of New York’s JFK International Airport from a snowstorm earlier this month.
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Lancaster recalls waiting in a snowstorm outside of Alinea in order to catch Achatz and ask for a job.
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First Known Use of snowstorm
1755
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Definition of snowstorm for English Language Learners
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: a storm with a large amount of falling snow
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Definition of snowstorm for Students
: a storm of falling snow
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