snowfall
snowfall
Definition
snow·fall (-fôl′)
noun
- a fall of snow
- the amount of snow that falls in a given area or period of time
snowfall
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- bring: These fronts were forecast to bring snowfall over high ground.
- receive: Parts of the Pennines received a snowfall up to 15cm, while drifts up to 1.5m high were recorded.
- follow: Avoid slopes for at least 24 hours following heavy snowfall.
- see: Sunday could also see more light snowfall to end the weekend in style.
- experience: Take a ride down the " Powder Keg " chute to experience the great natural snowfalls.
- give: Whilst this season has given reasonable snowfalls, preceding winters resulted in loss of revenue for the skiing companies.
Adjective modifier
- heavy: March 2006 With heavy snowfall during the first week of the month we were unable to do any work in the garden.
- overnight: Sea Level Pictures from the house Today Fri 31st Jan No new overnight snowfall, ice forming at all levels.
- fresh: Although we had fresh snowfall on every day driving was never a problem.
- average: It is a cold desert with an average snowfall of only 150mm.
- significant: January 1987 Without doubt the most significant snowfall I can remember occurred back then.
- considerable: Certainly the winter brings considerable snowfall to the higher elevations.
Modifies a noun
- amount: Temperatures as well as rainfall and snowfall amounts vary widely due to the State's dramatic change in altitude from mountains to high desert.
- record: This charming village has one of the most enviable snowfall records.
Noun used with modifier
- winter: Powder Potential Average winter snowfall on the glacier is 11 meters!
- record: The previous record snowfall in Calgary for 26 April was 32 cm, set in 1966.
Preposition: in
- year: We would normally have light snow on a half dozen days. The most severe snowfall in recent years was about 7 years ago.
Preposition: of
- winter: Same for the Oscars, same for the Nobel Prize, same for the first snowfall of winter.
- inch: Throw in a couple of light snowfalls of 12 inch and the scene was set, Antarctica.
Preposition: for
- year: However, Scotland received it's greatest snowfall for five years.
