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Snow day

A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to weather, especially snow.

📖 Definitions of "Snow day"

noun
  1. 1

    A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to weather, especially snow.

  2. 2

    A day set aside on a school calendar in certain climates, assuming a closure will occur during a given time period.

  3. 3

    A day on which a fall of snow is observed.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Snow day"

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WordDefinition
snowtimenounThe time of year when the weather is snowy.
snowpocalypsenoun(informal) An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.
snowmageddonnoun(informal) A severe blizzard or series of blizzards affecting one locale.
snowstormnounBad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
snow-mageddonnoun(informal) Alternative form of Snowmageddon. [(informal) A severe blizzard or series of blizzards affecting one locale.]
snowingverbA fall of snow.
snowoutnounA cancellation due to interfering snow.
snow squallnounA sudden, localized blizzard or severe snowstorm.
snownoun(uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
snownadonoun(informal) A tornado that touches down over a snow covered area, such as a field or mountain, and draws snow up into its vortices.
snowfightingnoun(US) The clearing of snow from roads.
snowfightnounA fight involving snow; a snowball fight.
snowwearnounWarm clothing designed to be worn in snowy conditions.
snowlandnounA snowy region or snowscape.
snow-hownoun(informal) The knowledge and skill utilized during snow and inclement weather.
white christmasnounA Christmas Day or Christmas Eve in which there is snowfall or ground covered with snow.
snowsquallnounAlternative spelling of snow squall. [A sudden, localized blizzard or severe snowstorm.]
snowdriftnounA bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
whiteoutnounCorrection fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
snowhownounAlternative form of snow-how. [(informal) The knowledge and skill utilized during snow and inclement weather.]

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