Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with snow in American Collocation
snow
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
in large/small quantities
Winters are cold with heavy snows.
recent
The fresh snow increases the avalanche risk and makes the climb much more dangerous.
soft or wet
They manhandled the sledges over ice hummocks and through soft snow.
hard or dry
Conditions were perfect, lovely powdery snow and clear blue skies.
being blown
Drifting snow caused the closure of many roads.
where no one has trodden
I trudged on through the virgin snow, along the broad ridge to the summit.
fall
Several centimetres of snow had already fallen and it was coming down heavily
stay
There was snow lying on the ground all the way.
melt
The forecast is good and the snow has melted.
pile up
The severe frost continued through until March with snow drifting in the easterly wind.
cover or block things
Three or four inches of snow has blanketed the ground for over a week now.
Heavy snow showers fell across Grampian and the Highlands throughout the day.