Definition of snowstorm
: a storm of or with snow
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After the West Virginia basketball team moved up its trip to Boston for the Sweet 16 to avoid getting stuck in a snowstorm, the Mountaineers endured a scare with smoke in the cabin of their plane because of a problem with an air conditioning unit.
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Then Streetcars are backed up seven deep in front of City Hall during a snowstorm on March 3, 1960.
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Brooke Skylar Richardson was born on March 9, 1999, during a snowstorm about three years after Scott and Kim were married.
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In a snowstorm, the sound is muffled by the snow, said Carbin.
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The team got off the bus in the snowstorm and pushed it out of trouble for an impressive and inspirational moment of humans versus weather.
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Regina came into the world during a blizzard and left during a snowstorm.
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The last major airliner crash in Iran happened in January 2011, when an Iran Air Boeing 727 broke to pieces on impact while trying an emergency landing in a snowstorm in northwestern Iran, killing at least 77 people.
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The last major airliner crash in Iran happened in January 2011, when an Iran Air Boeing 727 broke to pieces on impact while trying an emergency landing in a snowstorm in northwestern Iran, killing at least 77 people.
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First Known Use of snowstorm
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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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