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Common collocations with snow in American Collocation

snow noun

US /snoʊ/

in large/small quantities

deep
heavy
light
thick

Winters are cold with heavy snows.

recent

fresh
new

The fresh snow increases the avalanche risk and makes the climb much more dangerous.

soft or wet

melting
soft
wet

They manhandled the sledges over ice hummocks and through soft snow.

hard or dry

crisp
dry
frozen
hard
powdery

Conditions were perfect, lovely powdery snow and clear blue skies.

being blown

drifting
driving
swirling

Drifting snow caused the closure of many roads.

where no one has trodden

virgin

I trudged on through the virgin snow, along the broad ridge to the summit.

fall

blow
fall

Several centimetres of snow had already fallen and it was coming down heavily

stay

lie

There was snow lying on the ground all the way.

melt

disappear
melt
recede
retreat
thaw

The forecast is good and the snow has melted.

pile up

drift
pile up

The severe frost continued through until March with snow drifting in the easterly wind.

cover or block things

blanket
block
cover

Three or four inches of snow has blanketed the ground for over a week now.

flurry
shower
storm

Heavy snow showers fell across Grampian and the Highlands throughout the day.