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SNOWFLAKE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does snowflake mean?

• SNOWFLAKE (noun)
The noun SNOWFLAKE has 2 senses:

1. a crystal of snow
2. white arctic bunting

Familiarity information: SNOWFLAKE used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SNOWFLAKE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A crystal of snow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

flake; snowflake

Hypernyms ("snowflake" is a kind of...):

crystal (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)

Meronyms (substance of "snowflake"):

H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)

Holonyms ("snowflake" is a part of...):

snow; snowfall (precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals)

Holonyms ("snowflake" is a substance of...):

snow (a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

White arctic bunting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Plectrophenax nivalis; snow bunting; snowbird; snowflake

Hypernyms ("snowflake" is a kind of...):

bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)

Holonyms ("snowflake" is a member of...):

genus Plectrophenax; Plectrophenax (snow bunting)

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