snowstorm

From snow +‎ storm. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm, West Frisian sniestoarm, German Schneesturm, Dutch sneeuwstorm, Swedish snöstorm, Icelandic snjóstormur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnəʊstɔːm/

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• Rhymes: -əʊstɔːm

snowstorm (plural snowstorms)

1. Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
   • 1826 November 28 (date written), Walter Scott, “[Entry dated 28 November 1826]”, in David Douglas, editor, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott […], volume I, Edinburgh: David Douglas, published 1890, →OCLC, page 24:

     Dined at Melville Castle, whither I went through a snow-storm.

2. A snow globe.
   • 1947, Dornford Yates, The Berry Scene, Ward, Lock & Co., 273:

     As we made our way down, my eye was caught by a snowstorm—one of those little glass balls, with a baby cottage inside.

• (bad weather): blizzard
• (snow globe): snowdome, snow globe

• snowstormy