\nExample: When I looked outside during the blizzard<\/em> all I saw was white.<\/p>\n
flurries<\/strong><\/em> – very light pieces of snow or snowfall \u201cfreezing cold<\/strong><\/em>\u201d – an expression used to describe a very cold day frost<\/strong><\/em> – a thin layer of ice crystals that form on a frozen surface like grass or a car hail<\/strong><\/em> – small pieces of ice that fall from the sky; hail can be very small in size, similar to a gain of sand or sometimes quite large, as big as a golf ball, and any size in between icicle<\/strong><\/em> – a hanging piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water sleet<\/strong><\/em> – a mixture of rain and frozen water (not quite snow or hail) that falls from the sky slush<\/strong><\/em> – snow that has fallen to the ground and melted or mixed with rained to become a mixture of ice and water Snow related vocabulary:<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is beginning to look a lot like winter in much of North America (and much of the northern hemisphere in general), particularly in the more northern areas of the continent.\u00a0 So, now is the perfect time to go over some winter weather vocabulary.\u00a0 Below are the definitions of some important winter weather vocabulary. blizzard…<\/p>\n
\nExample: Flurries<\/em> began to fall for a number of hours before the storm really started.<\/p>\n
\nExample: It is freezing cold<\/em> out there, be sure to put on your winter coat.<\/p>\n
\nExample: I know winter is coming when I begin to see frost<\/em> in the yard in the morning.<\/p>\n
\nExample: The hail<\/em> was so big it made dents in people\u2019s cars and cracked windshields.<\/p>\n
\nExample: There are probably a hundred icicles<\/em> hanging from Jay\u2019s roof.<\/p>\n
\nExample:\u00a0 Sleet<\/em> is my least favorite kind of weather because it is both cold and wet.<\/p>\n
\nExample: Donna was happy she put her boots to walk to work because the sidewalk was covered in slush<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nsnow<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 light frozen water that looks white as it falls and accumulates on the ground
\nsnowball<\/em> <\/strong>\u2013 a ball of packed snow that is often made to throw at a person for fun
\nsnowflake<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 a feathery, delicate, patterned ice crystal
\nsnowman<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 a representation of a person made out of snow, usually with three large balls of snow stacked on top of one another
\nsnow plow<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 a large shovel attached to the front of a vehicle, usually a truck that is used to push snow
\nsnow shovel<\/strong><\/em> – a special tool for lifting, moving, and removing snow<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/12\/Snow-plow-by-Derrick-Coetzee-via-Flicker-350x232.jpg\")