Search Result for "snowflake": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a crystal of snow;
[syn: snowflake, flake]

2. white Arctic bunting;
[syn: snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zool.) (a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn. Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight. (b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially Junco hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Snowflake \Snow"flake`\, n. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (Leucoium vernum, Leucoium aestivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size. [1913 Webster]
U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Snowflake, AZ (town, FIPS 67800) Location: 34.52198 N, 110.08420 W Population (1990): 3679 (1158 housing units) Area: 76.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85937
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "snowflake": avalanche, blizzard, crystal, driven snow, flake, flurry, granular snow, igloo, mantle of snow, mogul, slosh, slush, snow, snow banner, snow bed, snow blanket, snow blast, snow fence, snow flurry, snow roller, snow slush, snow squall, snow wreath, snow-crystal, snowball, snowbank, snowbridge, snowcap, snowdrift, snowfall, snowfield, snowland, snowman, snowscape, snowshed, snowslide, snowslip, snowstorm, wet snow