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snowflake definition

snow·flake (-flāk′)

noun

  1. a single, feathery crystal of snow
  2. snow bunting
  3. any of a genus (Leucojum) of European bulbous plants of the lily family with drooping white flowers

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snowflake Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • fall: I'm driving into gently falling snowflakes that are drifting slowly toward me, emerging from gray gloom into the brightness of my headlights.

Adjective modifier

  • tiny: It was a tiny snowflake, the first snowflake, the herald of the night.

Modifies a noun

  • pattern: Attach a piece of string halfway down all the points to form a snowflake pattern.

Noun used with modifier

  • summer: There are also marshy areas within the woods in which there are sedges, marsh marigold, yellow flags and the rare summer snowflake.
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